Definition of erasure
: an act or instance of erasing
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Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
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Recent Examples of erasure from the Web
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Intensely guarded, the couple prohibited any discussion of racial identity at home; Clark describes the effect of this erasure on their children.
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The right to permanent erasure of personal information upon request.
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The violence that Wojnarowicz was seeking to address was, then, compounded by erasure.
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Instead, The Handmaid's Tale shows the erasure of the concept entirely.
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For example, those who harbor books are punished through an official erasure of their identity.
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Black genius exists in black women and in black subcultures, and the inability to receive that message from them continues the erasure of our own, while dismissing the notion that thought can be taught and led by others.
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No matter, because the seeds had been planted; Indian music’s aim to cry out to God and the cosmic erasure of boundaries encoded in its DNA had permanently stretched George’s mind for the rest of his life.
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The film’s erasure of women of color and missteps on race send the message that cis, straight, able-bodied, white womanhood is prioritized above all else.
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First Known Use of erasure
1734
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: an act of erasing something ( chiefly US )
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