erasure

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of having been erased; total blankness.
3. (countable, uncountable) The place where something has been erased.
4. (countable, uncountable) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.

Synonyms

deletion

obliteration

elimination

cancellation

effacement

expunging

expunction

erase

extinction

ignoring

melting away

purge

slake

wiping out

write off

paying back debt

pencil mark

delete

scraped mark

abrogation

blot

cancel

clearing

denial

dying out

eradication

Translations

cancellatura

raspadura

cancellazione

effacement

borradura

Löschen

Auslöschung

raturer

effacer

Streichung

Ausstreichung

rayer

Verwischung

Verlust

Verbrauch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/

Etymology

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