erasementn.
/ɪˈreɪsmənt/ The action of erasing; obliteration; total demolition (of cities).
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > of writing, text, etc.
cancellingc1440
cancellation1535
deleting1544
deletion1590
expunction1606
retrenching1647
retrenchment1668
erasement1721
expunging1721
erasure1755
excision1858
redaction1962
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Erasement, a blotting or dashing out.
1754 J. Ward in Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 345 There are..no traces of the word sua now remaining;..which makes me suspect, there has been an erasement.
1769 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 52/1 The Grand Jury's erasement of the words aiding and assisting.
1812 Barclay's Compl. & Universal Eng. Dict. (rev. ed.) Erasement, applied to buildings and cities, entire destruction and demolition.
1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 42 749 Not on Russia alone does the guilt of her erasement from the book of nations rest.
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