Erasure

Noun

 * 1) The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
 * 2) The state of having been erased; total blankness.

Synonyms

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

Quotations
total blankness
 * 2004, 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. &mdash; The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004

Adjectives
lineal; untidy; unsightly; careless; blotchy; neat; nearly-invisible.

Thesaurus
abbreviation, ablation, abrasion, abrasive, abridgment, attrition, blackout, blocking, blot, blotting, blotting out, blue-penciling, bowdlerization, buffing, burnishing, cancel, cancellation, censoring, censorship, chafe, chafing, deletion, dematerialization, departure, detrition, disappearance, disappearing, dispersion, dissipation, dissolution, dissolving, dressing, eclipse, editing, effacement, elimination, erosion, evanescence, evaporation, expunction, expurgation, extinction, fadeaway, fadeout, fading, filing, fretting, galling, going, grazing, grinding, limation, melting, obliteration, occultation, omission, passing, polishing, rasping, rubbing away, sandblasting, sanding, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, shining, smoothing, striking, vanishing, vanishing point, washing out, wear, wearing away, wipe, wiping out

Translations

 * Filipino:


 * Tagalog: pagbura


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 * Tagalog:, bura-bura