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memory-wiping

memory-wiping is the present participle and gerund of memory-wipe.

Meaning of memory-wipe

Verb

memory-wipe (third-person singular simple present memory-wipes, present participle memory-wiping, simple past and past participle memory-wiped)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To erase memories, or specific memories, from the mind of (a person or being).
    • It was as if Linda's caress superceded all others in memory-wiping the slate clean of past experiences, charting a brand-new path.1998, Gail Link, Texan's Bride

Questions about memory-wiping

What is memory-wiping the present participle and gerund of?
Memory-wiping is the present participle and gerund of memory-wipe.

Words near memory-wiping in the dictionary

  1. memory-safe
  2. memory-unsafe
  3. memory-wipe
  4. memory-wiped
  5. memory-wipes
  6. memory-wiping
  7. memorycide
  8. memorycides
  9. memoryful
  10. memorying
  11. memoryless

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