plaquicide
/ˈplɑːkɪsaɪd/nounVerified NewThe official killing of a name — a disgraced figure scrubbed from plaques, street signs, and organizational histories.
The erasure is done carefully, often at night, and always with a technical justification. The blank spaces then do the remembering.
Etym. — plaque + -cide, on the suicide/pesticide pattern; the murder is of lettering.
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