Definition of Erase

1. Verb. Remove from memory or existence. "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

Exact synonyms: Wipe Out
Generic synonyms: Kill
Derivative terms: Erasure, Wipeout

2. Verb. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
Exact synonyms: Efface, Rub Out, Score Out, Wipe Off
Entails: Rub
Specialized synonyms: Sponge, Cut Out, Scratch Out
Generic synonyms: Cancel, Delete
Derivative terms: Eraser, Erasure, Erasure, Erasure

3. Verb. Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information. "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
Exact synonyms: Delete
Category relationships: Recording, Transcription
Generic synonyms: Take Away, Take Out
Specialized synonyms: Demagnetise, Demagnetize
Derivative terms: Eraser
Antonyms: Record

Definition of Erase

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Erase

1. Verb. (transitive) to remove markings or information ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To be erased (gloss have markings removed, have information removed(,) or be cleared of information). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Erase

1. to rub or scrape out [v ERASED, ERASING, ERASES] : ERASABLE [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erase

eradicates
eradicating
eradication
eradications
eradicative
eradicator
eradicators
eragrostis
eras
erasabilities
erasability
erasable
erasable programmable logic device
erasable programmable read-only memory
erasably
eraser
eraser pen
eraser pens
eraserlike
erasers
erases
erasin
erasing
erasions
erastai

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