About The Word Erase
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Erase
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What's The Definition Of Erase?
[v] wipe out magnetically recorded information
[v] remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" [v] remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Erase: delete | efface | rub out | score out | wipe off | wipe out Related Terms | Find terms related to Erase: abbreviate | ablate | abolish | abrade | abrase | abridge | annul | bark | black out | blast | blot | blot out | blue-pencil | bowdlerize | bump off | cancel | censor | chafe | croak | cross | cross out | cut | dele | delete | destroy | disannul | do in | edit | edit out | efface | eliminate | eradicate | erode | expunge | expurgate | file | fix | fray | frazzle | fret | gall | get | get rid of | give the business | gnaw | gnaw away | grate | graze | grind | gun down | hit | ice | kill | lay out | negate | nullify | obliterate | off | omit | polish off | rasp | raze | remove | rescind | rub away | rub off | rub out | rule out | scour | scrape | scratch | scratch out | scrub | scuff | settle | skin | sponge | sponge out | strike | strike off | strike out | take care of | void | waste | wear | wear away | wipe out | withdraw | zap See Also | cancel | cut out | delete | demagnetise | demagnetize | kill | rub | scratch out | sponge | take away | take out Erase In Webster's Dictionary \E*rase"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Erased}; p. pr. & vb. n..
{Erasing}.] [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out +
radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See {Rase}.]
1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written,
engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out;
as, to erase a word or a name.
2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of
ideas in the mind or memory. --Burke.
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