erasure (n.)

"an erasing, an obliterating," 1734, from erase + -ure. Rasure "act of scraping or erasing" is from c. 1400.

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c. 1600, from Latin erasus, past participle of eradere "scrape out, scrape off, shave; abolish, remove," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + radere "to scrape" (see raze (v.)). Of magnetic tape, from 1945. Related: Erased; erasing.

-ure

suffix forming abstract nouns of action, from Old French -ure, from Latin -ura, an ending of fem. nouns denoting employment or result.

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Definitions of erasure

erasure (n.)

a correction made by erasing;

there were many erasures in the typescript

erasure (n.)

a surface area where something has been erased;

another word had been written over the erasure

erasure (n.)

deletion by an act of expunging or erasing;

Synonyms: expunction / expunging

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Dictionary entries near erasure

erasable

erase

eraser

Erasmus

Erastus

erasure

Erato

erbium

ere

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Erebus