About The Word Erasure

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Erasure

Erasure Meaning & Definition
Erasure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Erasure?

[n] deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
[n] a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"
[n] a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Erasure: expunction | expunging

Related Terms | Find terms related to Erasure: abbreviation | ablation | abrasion | abrasive | abridgment | attrition | blackout | blocking | blot | blotting | blotting out | blue-penciling | bowdlerization | buffing | burnishing | cancel | cancellation | censoring | censorship | chafe | chafing | deletion | dematerialization | departure | detrition | disappearance | disappearing | dispersion | dissipation | dissolution | dissolving | dressing | eclipse | editing | effacement | elimination | erosion | evanescence | evaporation | expunction | expurgation | extinction | fadeaway | fadeout | fading | filing | fretting | galling | going | grazing | grinding | limation | melting | obliteration | occultation | omission | passing | polishing | rasping | rubbing away | sandblasting | sanding | scouring | scrape | scraping | scratch | scratching | scrub | scrubbing | scuff | shining | smoothing | striking | vanishing | vanishing point | washing out | wear | wearing away | wipe | wiping out

See Also | area | correction | deletion | expanse | surface area

Erasure In Webster's Dictionary

\E*ra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [From {Erase}.] The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
\E*ra"sure\, n. An instance of erasing; also, the place where something has been erased.

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