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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): whitewash ( def 7b ).
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
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·a·i·ٲ noun
- ·a· adjective
- -· adjective
- non·a· adjective
- un·a· adjective
- ܲe· adjective
- ܲe·iԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of erase1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Edward Carr, senior scientist and director of the Stockholm Environment Institute’s center in the U.S., said the report’s cancellation is “another effort to erase the evidence on which serious policy debate can be constructed.”
But a fifth game was looking unlikely until a bizarre sequence that began with 6:42 to play erased a 4-3 Kings lead and changed the complexion of the series.
Ruffin said, "I thought when people take away your rights, erase your history and deport your friends, you’re supposed to call it out. But I was wrong."
"We don't need to be fixed. We need to be supported. But the answer isn't erasing autism, it's building a more inclusive world for all of us."
He knew that the only way to erase the margins was to stand out at them.
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