Erase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.
  • v. To remove (recorded material) from a magnetic tape or other storage medium: erased a file from the diskette.
  • v. To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example): erased the videocassette.
  • v. To remove all traces of.
  • v. To remove or destroy as if by wiping out: had to erase all thoughts of failure from his mind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to remove markings or information
  • v. To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
  • v. To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
  • v. To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
  • v. To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out.
  • v. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; efface; blot or strike out; obliterate; expunge: as, to erase a word or a name.
  • Hence To remove or destroy, as if by rubbing or blotting out.
  • To destroy to the foundation; raze.
  • Synonyms Cancel, Obliterate, etc. (see efface); wipe out, rub off, remove.
  • In entomology, sinuate, with the sinuses cut into smaller irregular notches: applied especially to the wings of certain Lepidoptera.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
  • v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  • v. remove from memory or existence
  • Verb Form
    erased    erases    erasing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kill   
    Form
    eraser    unerase   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    expunge    efface   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ace    Chase    Grace    Mace    Race    ace    apace    base    bass    brace   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unrecovered    thymic    tamper    pother    knead