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erasure

DEFINITIONS OF: erasure

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n deletion by an act of expunging or erasing

Synonyms:
expunction, expunging
Type of:
deletion
the act of deleting something written or printed

n a correction made by erasing

“there were many erasures in the typescript”
Type of:
correction
something substituted for an error

n a surface area where something has been erased

“another word had been written over the erasure
Type of:
area, expanse, surface area
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
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