Meaning of ERASE
| Pronunciation: | | i'reys
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- [v] wipe out magnetically recorded information
- [v] remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
- [v] remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
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| | Synonyms: | | delete, efface, rub out, score out, wipe off, wipe out |
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| | Antonyms: | | record, tape | | |
| | See Also: | | cancel, cut out, delete, demagnetise, demagnetize, kill, rub, scratch out, sponge, take away, take out | |
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| | Definition: | | \E*rase"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Erased}; 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.
2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of
ideas in the mind or memory. --Burke.
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| | Definition: | | delete |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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