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e·ra·sure
/
ɪˈreɪ
ʃər
/
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[
ih-
rey
-sher
]
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noun
1.
an act or instance of
erasing
.
2.
a place where something has been
erased
; a spot or mark left after
erasing
:
You can't sign a contract with so many erasures in it.
Origin:
1725–35;
erase
+
-ure
Related forms
non·e·ra·sure,
noun
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erasure
(ɪˈreɪʒə)
—
n
1.
the act or an instance of erasing
2.
the place or mark, as on a piece of paper, where something has been erased
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
erasure
1734, from
erase
+
-ure
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
One or more feature to prevent
erasure
or modification of information written
on the prescription by the prescriber.
Given that level of
erasure
, it's not enough even to avoid explicitly
exclusionary language.
When you recall a past event, the memory becomes temporarily susceptible to
erasure
.
Not only would it allow retroactively smarter comments, but indeed complete
erasure
of the comment from the timeline.
Erasure
capability comes at a cost of a slightly more complex processor.
But working memory needs to be continually updated and so calls for
erasure
of information.
The report repeatedly finds probable reasons high rates of corrected
erasure
marks, such as students double-checking their work.
Erasure
poetry-poetry created by removing words from an existing text to excavate new meaning-isn't new, but it's suddenly hot.
Both were torn between self-expression-even self-glorification-and utter self-
erasure
.
The self-
erasure
happens because the new isomer of azobenzene is not as stable as the old one.
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