had been expunging

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of expunge.
  expunge

  verb (used with object)

  to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.

Related Words

• abolish
• annul
• delete
• eradicate
• erase
• exterminate
• extinguish
• omit
• wipe out