were expunging

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  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