erasure
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5.9
- noun
- /ɪˈreɪʒər/
:
borrado
- One example: ballots turned up that showed signs of erasure with new names written over the old ones.
- complete erasure
- historical erasure
- erasure of memory
It is an absolute shame that we are seeing in real time the erasure and elimination of women.
- It is an absolute shame that we are seeing in real time the erasure and elimination of women.
- And so there's an erasure program that's going on on day one that's removing the marks that marked these pronuclei as egg and sperm.
- As Helen points out, arguably one of the most detrimental aspects of this ideology is its erasure of women and safe single sex spaces.
- I do want to apologize for the Rick Rock erasure though, and the bit that I did last week.
Examples
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As a result of that erasure from Twitter, he lost his career.
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The destruction of his depot did not result in the complete erasure of Vincent's work from history.
Academic text (2011) -
So now I need to do a bit more erasure again, because now we have a key idea that we need to think through.
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On the other hand, the erasure of the image's mechanical origins speaks of fear of the photographic.
Academic text (2000) -
As Helen points out, arguably one of the most detrimental aspects of this ideology is its erasure of women and safe single sex spaces.
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The emphasis on methods stems in part from critiques of the erasure of Aboriginal people and epistemologies.
Academic text (2009) -
Medieval illuminated manuscripts abound with images that have been subjected to various forms of deliberate erasure.
Academic text (2005) -
The erasure of her mistakes from the document made it seem flawless during the presentation.
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He used a correction pen to cover the erasure marks on the exam paper.
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The sudden erasure of data from the hard drive caused significant problems for the company.
Synonyms
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2.0
Taking something or someone away from a place
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3.5
The act of removing something you do not need
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6.8
Complete removal of something unwanted
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4.2
A person removes words or parts of a text when editing
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8.5
Preparing and editing text to make it ready for publication and remove private information
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7.9
Complete destruction that leaves nothing behind
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5.8
Removing data from cache or memory to free space
Removing information from a record so it no longer appears
Removing information completely from a record
Complete removal of information from a document or record
Removing part of a text to make it shorter
To remove parts that people find offensive from a book or play
An action that removes all things from a container or place
The official removal of something like a law or rule
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Etymology
Erasure comes from the same root erase and the old Latin radere meaning 'to scrape away'. So an erasure can mean the act of removing or deleting something, like scraping words off a page or deleting a file.