erasure

Definition

The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

Etymology

From Latin ērādō (“to erase”) + -tūra, equivalent to erase + -ure.

Example Sentences

• "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."