rubout

1. (slang, by extension) An assassination.Examples: "This high-concept take on low life includes a concealed lethal weapon (by Claire Fontaine); photographic evidence of a rubout (by Torbjorn Rodland); and cryptic, possibly sinister messages galore from Tauba Auerbach, Daniel Knorr, David Lieske and Matias Faldbakken."broadlyslang

2. (computing, uncountable, by extension, dated) Synonym of backspace.Examples: "A direct manipulation editor would support, for example, a single rubout key that uses the cursor to find the appropriate character for deletion […]"; "The TS-1000 had ENTER instead of NEW LINE and DELETE instead of RUBOUT."Synonyms: backspacebroadlydateduncountable