Akademik

erasure
noun
1. a correction made by erasing
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there were many erasures in the typescript

Derivationally related forms: ↑erase
Hypernyms: ↑correction
2. a surface area where something has been erased
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another word had been written over the erasure

Derivationally related forms: ↑erase
Hypernyms: ↑area, ↑expanse, ↑surface area
3. deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Syn: ↑expunction, ↑expunging
Derivationally related forms: ↑erase, ↑expunge (for: ↑expunging), ↑expunge (for: ↑expunction)
Hypernyms: ↑deletion

Useful english dictionary. 2012.