Obliteration (7 letters)

{ Answer }

ERASURE

{ Related Clues }

What a smudge may indicate
Occasional puzzle solver's action
Proof a mistake was made
This slows down a typist
Start of some corrections
Name-dropping, maybe
Sign of uncertainty
Deler's choice
Disappearing act?
Typist's smear
Kind of mark
Evidence of change
Error indication
Entry removal
Correction, of sorts
Error's aftermath
Expunction
Takeout
Rubout
Deletion
Sign of a slip
Correcting action
Acknowledgment of error?
Sign of a goof
Complete removal
Wipeout?
Effacement
Elimination

{ Tags }

action, aftermath, choice, correction, delers, deletion, erasure, error, evidence, expunction, indication, mark, mistake, obliteration, removal, rubout, sign, slip, start, uncertainty, wipeout

{ Notes }

The answer ERASURE is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ERASURE as a noun:

1. a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript"

2. a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"

3. (expunction, expunging, erasure) = deletion by an act of expunging or erasing