'Expunging' definitions:

Definition of 'expunging'

noun

Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn: expunction, expunging, erasure]

From: GCIDE

Expunge \Ex*punge"\ ([e^]ks*p[u^]nj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged ([e^]ks*p[u^]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging ([e^]ks*p[u^]n"j[i^]ng).] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.]
1. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences. [1913 Webster]
2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. --Pope.
Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE