erasure
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: ɪ.ˈreɪ.ʃɜː
Noun [edit]
erasure (countable and uncountable; plural erasures)
- The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- The state of having been erased; total blankness.
- 2004 18 Oct, The New Yorker:
- Bush, even when he had the floor, grimaced as he spoke, except on several occasions when he lost his way and a look of total erasure came over him, a blank, stricken stare for which the French, alas, have the most apt expression: like a cow watching a train go by.
- 2004 18 Oct, The New Yorker:
Synonyms [edit]
- (action of erasing): cancelation (US), cancellation (British), canceling (US), cancelling (British), deleting, deletion, erasing, obliterating, obliteration, wiping
- (state of having been erased): blankness
Translations [edit]
action of erasing
Latin [edit]
Participle [edit]
ērāsūre
- vocative masculine singular of ērāsūrus
