Effacement

• Obliteration

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rasure \Ra"sure\ (r[=a]"zh[-u]r; 135), n. [L. rasura, fr. radere, rasum, to scrape, to shave. See Rase , v.] The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration. A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context now rare legal English) scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally. 2 (context now rare English) obliteration, destruction. 3 (context obsolete English) Shaving the head, ...