How to you make changes of document properties in MongoDB
You can execute a mass update. This is how you do it in mongo shell:
db.yourcollection.update({}, {$unset: {description: 1}}, false, true);
Documentation on $unset
: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Updating#Updating-%24unsetDocumentation on update()
: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Updating#Updating-update%28%29