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Erase

Erase Definition And Meaning
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.

Erase Definition And Meaning

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!"

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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