Erasure

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have⟳ surprised him more disagreeably.”

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie⟳ became truth.”

“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.”

“There were several erasures on the paper.”

“bisexual erasure”

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