rasure
Meaning
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) Obliteration, destruction.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure.
Synonyms
Translations
anihilació
Verdeckung Vertilgung
σβήσιμο
effaçage
annichilamentoPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹeɪʒə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English rasure, from Anglo-Norman rasure, Middle French rasure, from Latin rāsūra (“scraping, shaving”), from the participle stem of rādere (“to scrape, shave”).
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