erase
verb (used with object)
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
had been erasing
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past perfect progressiveof erase.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Now she had the feeling that Elowen had been erasing her memory somehow.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
