Synonyms and 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