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- Dictionaryerase/ɪˈreɪz/
verb
- 1. rub out or remove (writing or marks): "graffiti had been erased from the wall" Similar
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to remove or destroy something, especially something that shows that that person or thing ever existed or happened: The president said NATO expansion would finally erase the boundary line in Europe artificially created by the Cold War. Years of hard living had blurred but not erased her girlhood beauty.
The meaning of ERASE is to rub or scrape out (something, such as written, painted, or engraved letters). How to use erase in a sentence.
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface. Synonyms: obliterate, expunge. Antonyms: restore. to eliminate completely: She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory. to obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk): She erased the message. Antonyms: restore.
ERASE meaning: 1. to remove something, especially a pencil mark by rubbing it: 2. to remove recordings or…. Learn more.
To erase is to wipe or rub out, literally or figuratively: erased the word from the blackboard; erased any hope of success. Expunge implies thorough removal: a performance that expunged doubts about his ability.
verb. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”. synonyms: efface, rub out, score out, wipe off. see more. see less. types: sponge. erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard.
If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion. They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat in Cardiff.
Definition of erase verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ERASE definition: to completely remove words, music, pictures, etc that are written or stored on a computer or other…. Learn more.
1. If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion. [...] 2. If you erase sound that has been recorded on a tape or information which has been stored in a computer, you completely remove or destroy it. [...] 3.
