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 Plus, there is the erasure of civil rights, political rights, individual rights. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 Anyway, the everyday erasure of the kinds of labor behind each work is part of the show’s point. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026 That erasure, Bernikoff and Franklin said, leaves mainstream society in the dark about issues that affect Indigenous communities. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado july 27, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026 There's this near total erasure based on what the AI, just scraping Instagram, scraping faces, scraping the kind of racial hierarchies and preferences that are built into every system in our country. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for erasure

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The Motherland Party filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court, demanding its removal from the ballot, accusing Yabloko of copyright infringement and exceeding campaign spending limits.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
He was detained in March last year and deported to El Salvador, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, and other administration officials, later admitted that the removal was due to a clerical error.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of removal

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The policy shift to the MR vaccine led to the elimination of regular measles transmission in Japan in 2015.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
That’s due in part to the elimination of the SAVE plan, the most affordable loan payment option that enrolled more than 7 million borrowers.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of elimination

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Depending on the airline and circumstances, carriers may reimburse reasonable travel expenses due to controllable cancellations and delays, subject to review.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Rolling Stone had subsequently reported that Beard’s health was the cause of the cancellation.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of cancellation

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