erasure

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: ɪ.ˈreɪ.ʃɜː

Noun

erasure (countable and uncountable; plural erasures)

1. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
2. 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.

Synonyms

• (action of erasing): cancelation (US), cancellation (British), canceling (US), cancelling (British), deleting, deletion, erasing, obliterating, obliteration, wiping
• (state of having been erased): blankness

Translations

action of erasing

• Bulgarian: изтриване (bg) (iztrivane) n, заличаване (bg) (zaličavane) n
• Russian: стирание (ru) (stiránije) n

• Tagalog: pagbura (tl)

state of having been erased

• Tagalog: bura (tl), bura-bura (tl)

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Latin

Participle

ērāsūre

1. vocative masculine singular of ērāsūrus