Ms. Roche contended that no one had deliberately erased the computerized records, and that the printed copy was found only because city officials continued searching for an alternate version.
Audio experts concluded that someone had deliberately erased the segment.
Some had just been dug and then forgotten, some had been deliberately erased from the map memories--and some had been dug by robots in the employ of enterprising freelancers of one sort or another.
The cartouches of Seti II's tomb in Upper Egypt were deliberately erased and then repainted, suggesting that Seti's rule in Upper Egypt was temporarily interrupted by agents of his half-brother.
The cross face formerly bore a lobed cross, which has been deliberately erased, although the borders, decorated with interlaced knotwork, keywork and divergent spiral work remain.
Since, Jarrals had accepted Islam after the defeat in 1192, their history from Kalanaur has been deliberately erased completely.
Derec himself remembered enough to know that he was, indeed, a Spacer, that he had some training as a roboticist, and that his memory had been deliberately erased.
Microscopic examination revealed that some of the rubrics had been deliberately erased, so the leaves could be reassembled without a tell-tale break in the text.
Once the last unicorn had crossed over, the land bridge was immediately destroyed, and the very memory of Australia was deliberately erased from the memory of the human race.
I've got witnesses on Earth who know my computer file was deliberately erased.