expunging

Definitions

The act of completely erasing, removing, or obliterating something, such as a record or memory.

The legal process of deleting or sealing a criminal record so that it is no longer accessible to the public.

Examples

The judge ordered the court clerk to begin the process of expunging the defendant's minor criminal record.

By expunging the outdated data from the database, the IT team significantly improved the system's performance.

Synonyms

erasing deleting obliterating abolishing effacing canceling removing

Antonyms

preserving restoring inscribing creating maintaining validating establishing