ERASURE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

erasure

noun

Definition of erasure

as in removal

an act of erasing something accidental erasure of the tape

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Recent Examples of erasure Erroneous erasures In April, a Slack channel for moderators of the r/AskHistorians Reddit community was usually busy. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 What initially reads as near abstraction—a blue oval, a red trapezoid, yellow flanking fields—reveals itself as an act of erasure. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026 Opposing data centers amounts to, potentially, stopping the erasure of millions of jobs. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 31 July 2026 Plus, there is the erasure of civil rights, political rights, individual rights. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for erasure

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Noun

The slump followed the removal of the de minimis exemption in the US, Shein’s second largest market after Europe.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Keep in mind, these cost estimates don’t include any demo or removal of whatever previous flooring was installed.

— Jason Rueger, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of removal

Noun

The elimination of those limits could fuel a bigger onslaught of election ads if broadcasters are forced to offer their lowest ad rates to parties and committees.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Those reforms from Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram, include two-hour daily time limits for children, elimination of push notifications during school hours and other content controls.

— Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of elimination

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In the wake of the attacks, Strahan was one of the players who pushed for the cancellation of that weekend's football games out of respect for those lost.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
But there’s also an active noise cancellation system that uses the new, very thin membrane speakers that JLR developed together with Warwick Audio that are mounted in the seat headrests.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of cancellation

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