Vocabulary
Erasure
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the removal of writing, recorded material, or data.
Urdu meaning
کانٹ چھانٹ، رگڑے ہوئے حروف کا نشان
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The rappers spit on those calling for a Free Palestine and praise their erasure.
- At a time when calls for Muslim massacres and erasure of monuments and history are issued openly, the oil-rich Muslim fraternity and the global community must put their money where their mouths are, and stand by Indian Muslims.
- It is tantamount to a deliberate erasure of a people`s stories.
- The fifth foreign prisoner to die in captivity, he is yet another reminder of the hard positions taken by the two states and the erasure of humanitarian concern.
- The fifth foreign prisoner to die in captivity, he is yet another reminder of the hard positions taken by the two states and the erasure of humanitarian concern.
Synonyms
deletion, rubbing out, wiping out/off; crossing out, striking out, scoring out, blotting out,
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