Erasure

Quick meaning: Erasure is a noun meaning The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

Meaning

The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

More Meanings

1. The state of having been erased; total blankness.
2. The place where something has been erased.
3. (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.

Example Sentences

bisexual erasure

There were several erasures on the paper.

The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.

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.

Word Forms

• erasures

Synonyms for erasure

Depending on context, synonyms include cancelation, cancellation, canceling, cancelling, deleting, deletion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include expunging, expunction, erase, deletion, eliminate, abolishment.

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