Noun: erasure i'rey-shu(r) or i'rey-zhu(r)
- Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
"The erasure of the criminal record gave the individual a fresh start";
- expunction [rare]
- A correction made by erasing
"there were many erasures in the typescript"
- A surface area where something has been erased
"another word had been written over the erasure"
Derived forms: erasures
Type of: area, correction, deletion, expanse, surface area
Encyclopedia: Erasure