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erasure

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e·ra·sure  (-rshr)
n.
1. The act or an instance of erasing.
2. The state of being erased: "The powerful images of his work . . . punishment, mutilation, erasure" (Joyce Carol Oates).
erasure
Noun
1. an erasing
2. the place or mark where something has been erased
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.erasureerasure - a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript"
correction - something substituted for an error
2.erasure - a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"
surface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
3.erasure - deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
expunction, expunging
deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed


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Over and above these trifling penalties, his name was erased and blotted out from the roll of attorneys; which erasure has been always held in these latter times to be a great degradation and reproach, and to imply the commission of some amazing villany--as indeed it would seem to be the case, when so many worthless names remain among its better records, unmolested.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
Papers were lying about upon his desk, and he had commenced the foul copy of a letter which showed, by the numerous erasures, the trouble he had had in writing it.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
So many were the blots, however, and so numerous the scratches and erasures, that he had at last given it up in despair, and sat with his single uncovered eye cocked upwards at the ceiling, as one who waits upon inspiration.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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