expunging

/IH0 K S P AH1 N JH IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To erase or strike out.

  2. 2

    To eliminate completely; annihilate.

  3. 3

    To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is expunged; a deletion.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expunge, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expunging