Deleting account that spreads offensive language (8)
I believe the answer is:
effacing
'deleting' is the definition.
(effacing is a kind of deleting)
'account that spreads offensive language' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'account' could be 'ac' (abbreviation) and 'ac' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'effing' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for effacing that I've seen before include "Removing" , "Making oneself inconspicuous" , "Obliterating, erasing" .)