erasure

UK /ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/ US /ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

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.

2

The state of having been erased; total blankness.

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.

3

The place where something has been erased.

There were several erasures on the paper.

4

A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.

bisexual erasure

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