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- expunction
- deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- deletion
collapse - the act of deleting something written or printed
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
- (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome related words >
- Lethe,
- absentmindedness,
- blot,
- blotting,
- blotting out,
- cancel,
- cancellation,
- decay of memory,
- deletion,
- effacement,
- erasure,
- expunction,
- forgetfulness,
- forgetting,
- forgiveness,
- grace period,
- hazy recollection,
- heedlessness,
- moratorium,
- nepenthe,
- nirvana,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- scrubbing,
- short memory,
- unmindfulness,
- washing out,
- waters of oblivion,
- wiping out,
- write-off
- erasure
collapse
- a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"
- a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript" related words >
- abbreviation,
- ablation,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- abridgment,
- attrition,
- blackout,
- blocking,
- blot,
- blotting,
- blotting out,
- blue-penciling,
- bowdlerization,
- buffing,
- burnishing,
- cancel,
- cancellation,
- censoring,
- censorship,
- chafe,
- chafing,
- deletion,
- dematerialization,
- departure,
- detrition,
- disappearance,
- disappearing,
- dispersion,
- dissipation,
- dissolution,
- dissolving,
- dressing,
- eclipse,
- editing,
- effacement,
- elimination,
- erosion,
- evanescence,
- evaporation,
- expunction,
- expurgation,
- extinction,
- fadeaway,
- fadeout,
- fading,
- filing,
- fretting,
- galling,
- going,
- grazing,
- grinding,
- limation,
- melting,
- obliteration,
- occultation,
- omission,
- passing,
- polishing,
- rasping,
- rubbing away,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- scouring,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- shining,
- smoothing,
- striking,
- vanishing,
- vanishing point,
- washing out,
- wear,
- wearing away,
- wipe,
- wiping out
- cancellation
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- the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void related words >
- abandonment,
- abbreviation,
- abolishment,
- abolition,
- abridgment,
- abrogation,
- annulment,
- arabesque,
- basketry,
- basketwork,
- blot,
- blotting,
- blotting out,
- blue-penciling,
- bowdlerization,
- cancel,
- canceling,
- cancelling,
- cassation,
- censoring,
- censorship,
- cessation,
- counterbalancing,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- cross-hatching,
- crossing-out,
- defeasance,
- deletion,
- discontinuance,
- editing,
- effacement,
- elimination,
- erasure,
- expunction,
- expurgation,
- filigree,
- frank,
- fret,
- fretwork,
- frustration,
- grace period,
- grate,
- grating,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- grille,
- grillwork,
- hachure,
- hatching,
- interlacement,
- intertexture,
- intertwinement,
- invalidation,
- lace,
- lacery,
- lacework,
- lacing,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- mesh,
- meshes,
- meshwork,
- moratorium,
- net,
- netting,
- network,
- neutralization,
- nullification,
- obliteration,
- offsetting,
- omission,
- plexure,
- plexus,
- postage,
- postage stamp,
- postmark,
- raddle,
- recall,
- recantation,
- renege,
- repeal,
- rescinding,
- rescindment,
- rescission,
- reticle,
- reticulation,
- reticule,
- reticulum,
- retraction,
- reversal,
- revocation,
- revoke,
- revokement,
- riddle,
- screen,
- screening,
- scrubbing,
- setting aside,
- sieve,
- stamp,
- stoppage,
- striking,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- termination,
- texture,
- thwarting,
- tissue,
- tracery,
- trellis,
- trelliswork,
- undoing,
- vacation,
- vacatur,
- vitiation,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- waiver,
- waiving,
- washing out,
- wattle,
- weave,
- weaving,
- web,
- webbing,
- webwork,
- weft,
- wicker,
- wickerwork,
- wiping out,
- withdrawal,
- write-off
- cancel
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- make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"
- declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
- make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" related words >
- KO,
- abandon,
- abbreviate,
- abolish,
- abolishment,
- abolition,
- abort,
- abridge,
- abrogate,
- abrogation,
- absolve,
- accent,
- accent mark,
- accommodate,
- adjust,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- annulment,
- balance,
- bar,
- belay,
- black out,
- blot,
- blot out,
- blotting,
- blotting out,
- blue-pencil,
- bowdlerize,
- bring to naught,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- call off,
- cancel out,
- canceling,
- cancellation,
- cassation,
- cease,
- censor,
- character,
- come to nothing,
- compensate,
- compensate for,
- complete,
- coordinate,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- counterpoise,
- countervail,
- cross out,
- custos,
- cut,
- cut it out,
- declare a moratorium,
- defeasance,
- dele,
- delete,
- deletion,
- deny,
- deracinate,
- desist,
- direct,
- disannul,
- discontinue,
- dispose of,
- do away with,
- dot,
- drop,
- drop it,
- drop the curtain,
- edit,
- edit out,
- efface,
- effacement,
- eliminate,
- end,
- end off,
- equalize,
- equate,
- eradicate,
- erase,
- erasure,
- even,
- even up,
- expression mark,
- expunction,
- expunge,
- expurgate,
- extinguish,
- fermata,
- finalize,
- finish,
- fit,
- fold up,
- frustrate,
- get it over,
- get over with,
- get through with,
- give over,
- give the quietus,
- give up,
- halt,
- have done with,
- hold,
- integrate,
- invalidate,
- invalidation,
- kayo,
- key signature,
- kibosh,
- kill,
- knock it off,
- knock out,
- lay off,
- lead,
- leave off,
- level,
- ligature,
- make up for,
- make void,
- mark,
- measure,
- metronomic mark,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- notation,
- nullification,
- nullify,
- obliterate,
- obliteration,
- offset,
- omit,
- override,
- overrule,
- pause,
- perfect,
- poise,
- polish off,
- presa,
- proportion,
- put paid to,
- quash,
- quit,
- raze,
- recall,
- recant,
- recantation,
- redeem,
- refrain,
- relinquish,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repeal,
- repudiate,
- rescind,
- rescinding,
- rescindment,
- rescission,
- retract,
- retraction,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- revocation,
- revoke,
- revokement,
- rub out,
- rule out,
- scrag,
- scratch,
- scratch out,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- segno,
- set aside,
- setting aside,
- shoot down,
- sign,
- signature,
- slur,
- sponge,
- sponge out,
- square,
- stay,
- stop,
- strike,
- strike a balance,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- stultify,
- surrender,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- swell,
- symbol,
- tempo mark,
- terminate,
- thwart,
- tie,
- time signature,
- undo,
- vacate,
- vacation,
- vacatur,
- vinculum,
- vitiate,
- void,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- waive,
- waiver,
- waiving,
- washing out,
- wipe out,
- wiping out,
- withdraw,
- withdrawal,
- write off,
- write-off,
- zap
- blot
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- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
- dry (ink) with blotting paper related words >
- absorb,
- adsorb,
- air-dry,
- anhydrate,
- annihilate,
- aspersion,
- assimilate,
- attaint,
- baboon,
- badge of infamy,
- bag,
- bake,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bedarken,
- bend sinister,
- besmirch,
- bespatter,
- bespeckle,
- bespot,
- bestain,
- black,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blackwash,
- blemish,
- bloodstain,
- blot out,
- blot up,
- blotch,
- blotting,
- blotting out,
- blow upon,
- blur,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- brush,
- burn,
- cancel,
- cancellation,
- censure,
- champain,
- charcoal,
- chemisorb,
- chemosorb,
- conceal,
- cork,
- cover up,
- cross out,
- cure,
- dab,
- darken,
- daub,
- deface,
- defame,
- defect,
- defile,
- dehumidify,
- dehydrate,
- dele,
- delete,
- deletion,
- demolish,
- denigrate,
- desiccate,
- destroy,
- digest,
- dim,
- dinge,
- disapprove,
- discolor,
- disfigure,
- disfigurement,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- dog,
- drain,
- drink,
- drink in,
- drink up,
- dry,
- dysphemize,
- ebonize,
- eclipse,
- efface,
- effacement,
- engross,
- erase,
- erasure,
- err,
- evaporate,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- expunction,
- expunge,
- exsiccate,
- eyesore,
- filter in,
- fire,
- flaw,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flyspeck,
- freckle,
- fright,
- gargoyle,
- gibbet,
- hag,
- hang in effigy,
- harridan,
- hide,
- imbibe,
- imputation,
- infiltrate,
- ink,
- insolate,
- kiln,
- look a fright,
- look a mess,
- look bad,
- look like hell,
- look something terrible,
- macula,
- maculate,
- maculation,
- macule,
- mar,
- mark,
- mark of Cain,
- melanize,
- mess,
- monster,
- monstrosity,
- mummify,
- murk,
- nigrify,
- no beauty,
- obliterate,
- obliteration,
- obscure,
- odium,
- offend,
- offend the eye,
- onus,
- osmose,
- oversmoke,
- parch,
- patch,
- percolate in,
- pillory,
- pillorying,
- point champain,
- raze,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- rub,
- rub out,
- rule out,
- scar,
- scarecrow,
- scorch,
- scratch,
- scratch out,
- scrubbing,
- sear,
- seep in,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shrivel,
- sight,
- sin,
- slur,
- slurp up,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- soak in,
- soak up,
- soil,
- soilage,
- soilure,
- soot,
- sorb,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spoil,
- sponge,
- sponge out,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stigmatize,
- strike out,
- sully,
- sun,
- sun-dry,
- swab,
- swill up,
- taint,
- take in,
- take up,
- tarnish,
- teratism,
- torrefy,
- towel,
- transgress,
- uglify,
- ugly duckling,
- vilify,
- washing out,
- weazen,
- wipe,
- wipe out,
- wiping out,
- witch,
- wither,
- wizen
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