erasings

Acts of removing

Erasings is the plural of erasing, the act of rubbing out or removing marks from a surface.

The word appears occasionally as a noun: The erasings on the document suggested someone had changed the numbers.

More commonly, people say erasures.

obliteration

annihilation

Utter, complete destruction

disappearance · effacement · expunging · wiping · abolition · nullification · elimination · extermination · removal

deletion

deletions

Acts of removing content

redactions · excisions · corrections · edits · strikethroughs · whiteouts · obliterations · eliminations · purges

residue

shavings

Thin strips removed

fragments · bits · remnants · rubbings · debris · powder · traces · marks · streaks · leftovers

Opposites
permanence of marks

erasingsengravings

Incised designs on surfaces

inscriptions · carvings · etchings · tattooings · embossings

creation vs. removal

erasingswritings

Composed textual works

drawings · markings · recordings · inscriptions · additions

preservation vs. obliteration

erasingspreservations

Acts of keeping safe

conservations · retentions · restorations · recordings · savings

Family

erasing

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