Erase \E*rase"\ ([-e]*r[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased
([-e]*r[=a]st"); 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of
ideas in the mind or memory. --Burke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
erase
v 1: remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the
Armenians in 1915" [syn: wipe out]
2: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the
formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [syn: rub out,
score out, efface, wipe off]
3: wipe out magnetically recorded information [syn: delete]
[ant: record]
WordNet (r) 2.0
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
erase
delete
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