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Added 10 October 2026

erasure

/ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/ noun

In Latin: litūra Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about erasure at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
The state of having been erased; total blankness.
The place where something has been erased.
There were several erasures on the paper.

Origin

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from ērādō (“to erase”) + -tūra (“abstract noun suffix”), equivalent to erase + -ure.

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