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Erasure

//ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration. countable, uncountable

    "An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably."

  2. 2
    deletion by an act of expunging or erasing wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of having been erased; total blankness. countable, uncountable

    "Bush, even when he had the floor, grimaced as he spoke, except on several occasions when he lost his way and a look of total erasure came over him, a blank, stricken stare for which the French, alas, have the most apt expression: like a cow watching a train go by."

  4. 4
    a surface area where something has been erased wordnet
  5. 5
    The place where something has been erased. countable, uncountable

    "There were several erasures on the paper."

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  1. 6
    a correction made by erasing wordnet
  2. 7
    A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society. countable, uncountable

    "bisexual erasure"

Etymology

From Latin ērādō (“to erase”) + -tūra, equivalent to erase + -ure.

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