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memory-holed

memory-holed is the simple past and past participle of memory-hole.

Meaning of memory-hole

Verb

memory-hole (third-person singular simple present memory-holes, present participle memory-holing, simple past and past participle memory-holed)

  1. (transitive) To cause something or someone to be forgotten.
    • […] since the stage was a classic and had been around a long time, most people still called it by its original and now memory-holed name.2009, Stephen Hunter, I, Sniper: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel, page 458

Questions about memory-holed

What is memory-holed the simple past and past participle of?
Memory-holed is the simple past and past participle of memory-hole.

Words near memory-holed in the dictionary

  1. memory typewriter
  2. memory typewriters
  3. memory unit
  4. memory units
  5. memory-hole
  6. memory-holed
  7. memory-holes
  8. memory-holing
  9. memory-ridden
  10. memory-safe
  11. memory-unsafe

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