Synonyms for erasure
Most common
wiping deletion obliteration expunging expunction elimination blankness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Obliteration — the action of erasing; deletion; obliteration
obliteration, deletion, wiping, cancellation UK, cancelation US
2. Expunging
Other
elimination, blankness, blot, rasure dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- n. 2
The state of having been erased; total blankness.
Related words
- Phrases
- erasure poem erasure poetry
Forms
- Plural
- erasures → obliterations, deletions, wipings, cancellations…
Example sentences
- wiping I saw Tom wiping his fingerprints off the doorknob.
- deletion This one is ready for deletion.
- elimination Edmundo ordered the immediate elimination of Rima.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| erasure | rising | |
| wiping | rising | |
| deletion | steady | |
| obliteration | steady | |
| expunging | steady | |
| expunction | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- blot1
- 6 letters
- wiping2, rasure
- 8 letters
- deletion3
- 9 letters
- expunging, blankness
- 10 letters
- expunction
- 11 letters
- elimination5, cancelation
- 12 letters
- cancellation4, obliteration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wiping2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rature
- Italiano
- cancellatura