erase

Speech parts

1. erase - Noun

2. erase - Verb

Meaning

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.

Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

delete efface wipe out rub out clear remove cancel wipe annul obliterate expunge strike out extirpate wipe off blot out
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Antonyms

record journal chronicle pavilion almanac mark
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Hypernyms

kill cancel delete take out take away

Hyponyms

sponge cut-out demagnetize scratch out demagnetise

Phrases with the word

erase the boundaries of to erase erase from

Derivatives

erased erasing

Anagrams

saree easer Rease

Examples

Who erased the files from my hard disk? Source: Internet

Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong! Source: Internet

The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915 Source: Internet

Adornado, who finished with 29 points, capped off the incredible U-Tex rally that saw coach Tommy Manotoc’s wards erase a four-point deficit with 16 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Source: Internet

A half-dozen highlights don’t erase a handful of crippling mistakes in the NFL. Source: Internet

"And then I said, 'Hey man, you want me to erase this?' Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

erasable programmable logic device erasable programmable read-only memory erasably erase from erase the boundaries of erased