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What is the noun for erasing?

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eraser
  1. One who erases.
  2. (Canada) A thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
  3. (Canada) A thing used to erase something written by chalk on a chalkboard; chalkboard eraser.
  4. (computing) An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I used the eraser to remove the stray pencil marks from my sketch.”
      “To assemble it, you put the pencil stub into the hole of the spool and stuck the pin straight up in the middle of the eraser.”
      “It was very tiny, about the size of a pencil eraser sliced in a tiny piece.”
erasure
  1. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
  2. The state of having been erased; total blankness.
  3. The place where something has been erased.
  4. (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “It follows that in the present case the first and main question is whether the direction of erasure was justified.”
      “How salutary is modernity if it is accompanied by the erasure of cultural traditions?”
      “This willful erasure seems to represent the deliberate amnesia of a society that does not want to remember.”
erasion
  1. The act of erasing; a rubbing out or obliteration.
erasings
  1. The shavings left behind when an eraser is used.
erasement
erasability
  1. The quality of being erasable.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Its bold, vivid colours are great for impactful presentations, while the standard ink formula allows for superior erasability.”
      “This advancement in colored pencil erasability makes it easy for children to make changes to their masterpieces.”
      “Both of these unique highlighters were designed to please moms, teachers and kids, who told us washability and erasability would make this popular study tool even better.”
erasabilities
  1. plural of erasability
erasements
erasions
  1. plural of erasion
erasures
  1. plural of erasure
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Likewise the second round of erasures eliminates all points with a 1 in the second position after the radix point.”
      “His paintings are full of erasures, redrawn lines and strokes partially covered with translucent white paint.”
      “This man was a perfectionist and absolutely NO erasures or Liquid Paper could be used.”
erasers
  1. plural of eraser
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Just fill all of the baskets with plastic spiders and erasers and combs and put them on every shelf with a different ticket value.”
      “It might be a good idea to frisk people for calculators, rubber erasers, and other harmful things.”
      “Pencils, erasers, small plastic figurines, and other nonedible items make good trick-or-treat prizes.”
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