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Definitions for Erase
[1] to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
[2] to eliminate completely: She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory.
[3] to obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk): She erased the message.
[4] to obliterate recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk): He accidentally erased the tape.
[5] Computers . to remove (data) from computer storage.
[6] Slang . to murder: The gang had to erase him before he informed on them.
[7] to give way to effacement readily or easily.
[8] to obliterate characters, letters, markings, etc., from something.
[9] to obliterate or rub out (something written, typed, etc)
[10] (tr) to destroy all traces of; remove completely time erases grief
[11] to remove (a recording) from (magnetic tape)
[12] (tr) computing to replace (data) on a storage device with characters representing an absence of data
Words related to Erase
expunge, obliterate, abolish, eliminate, negate, delete, efface, trim, cut, excise, blank, dispatch, nullify, strike, blot, kill, extirpate, withdraw, gut, cancel
Words nearby Erase
er rif, era, eradiate, eradicable, eradicate, erase, eraser, erasing head, erasion, erasistratus, erasmian
Origin of Erase
1595–1605; < Latin ērāsus (past participle of ērādere ), equivalent to ē- e-1 + rāsus scraped; see raze
Words that may be confused with Erase
Other words from Erase
e·ras·a·bil·i·ty , noun
e·ras·a·ble , adjective
half-e·rased , adjective
non·e·ras·a·ble , adjective
un·e·ras·a·ble , adjective
un·e·rased , adjective
un·e·ras·ing , adjective
Word origin for Erase
C17: from Latin ērādere to scrape off, from ex- 1 + rādere to scratch, scrape
Synonyms for Erase
abolish, delete, eliminate, expunge, negate, obliterate, wipe out, annul, blank, blot, cancel, cut, dispatch, efface, excise, extirpate, gut, kill, launder, nullify, strike, trim, withdraw, X-out, black out, blue pencil, cross out, cut out, disannul, scratch out, stamp out, strike out, take out