erasure UK /ɪˈɹeɪʒə/US /ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/noun 4forms 1phrases 1 noun4 •The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.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. — 1817 •The state of having been erased; total blankness. •A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society. •The place where something has been erased.There were several erasures on the paper. formserasures Phrases with erasure under erasureOf a piece of text, written and struck through; hence, figuratively in some sense both present and absent.
