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Noun: erasure  i'rey-shu(r) or i'rey-zhu(r)
  1. Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
    "The erasure of the criminal record gave the individual a fresh start";
    - expunction [rare]
     
  2. A correction made by erasing
    "there were many erasures in the typescript"
     
  3. 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