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erase
[ih-reys]
verb (used with object)
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:to eliminate completely.
She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory.
to obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk).
She erased the message.
Antonyms:to obliterate recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk).
He accidentally erased the tape.
Computers.to remove (data) from computer storage.
to exclude, replace, or refuse to recognize (the identity, experience, or contribution of a minority group or group member).
Framing rape as a woman’s issue erases men’s accounts of sexual violence from public discourse.
Slang.to murder.
The gang had to erase him before he informed on them.
verb (used without object)
to give way to effacement readily or easily.
to obliterate characters, letters, markings, etc., from something.
erase
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
to obliterate or rub out (something written, typed, etc)
(tr) to destroy all traces of; remove completely
time erases grief
to remove (a recording) from (magnetic tape)
(tr) computing to replace (data) on a storage device with characters representing an absence of data
Other 51Թ Forms
- erasability noun
- erasable adjective
- half-erased adjective
- nonerasable adjective
- unerasable adjective
- unerased adjective
- unerasing adjective
- ˈ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of erase1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"Strikes can destroy facilities and target scientists but cannot erase Iran's nuclear knowledge. Iran can rebuild, and more quickly now than in the past due to its advances in uranium enrichment," she said.
Even so, the anxiety the review has injected into the relationship is going to be hard to erase completely – and has only inflamed disagreements over Aukus in Australia.
"Treatment doesn't erase it, but it does make the mood changes manageable and helps a person function within their ecosystem - with their family, friends and job."
The flags “say, you can’t erase me, and I matter,” she said.
But none of that truly or totally erased what had existed before.
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