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Erasure

The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Correction 76% connected

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

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Deletion 76% connected

Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

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Expanse 76% connected

That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.

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Scratch 74% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scratch 74% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Expunction 92% connected

The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.

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Expunging 92% connected

of Expunge

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