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erase

verb

1 erase

Remove from memory or existence:
— The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915.

synonym: wipe out.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

2 erase

Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing:
— Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!.

synonyms: efface, rub out, score out, wipe off.

Roget 552: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, ... show more

Dutch: uitvagen, wegvegen, wegvagen, gommen, gummen, stuffen, uitvlakken

3 erase

Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information:
— Who erased the files from my hard disk?.

synonym: delete.


Moby thesaurus: abbreviate, ablate, abolish, abrade, abrase, abridge, annul, bark, black out, blast, blot, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, bump off, cancel, censor, chafe, croak, cross ... show more.

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