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Definition of Erase
1. Verb. Remove from memory or existence. "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
2. Verb. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
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?"
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]