Erase
WordNet
verb
(1) Remove from memory or existence
"The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
(2) Wipe out magnetically recorded information
(3) Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
"Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
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Etymology
From , past participle of , from +
Verb
- to remove markings or information
- I erased that note because it was wrong.
- To obliterate information from a storage medium, such as to clear, to overwrite, or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- I'm going to erase those files.
- The files will erase quickly.
- To punch a hole at every punch position.
- To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.
Source: definitions from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
Verb
erase
erase
- Plural of eraso