Thesaurus: erase

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1. v. t. To rub or word/scrape">scrape out, as word/letters">letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
2. v. t. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.
3. v. remove from memory or existence
4. v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
5. v. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
6. 1. To rub or word/scrape">scrape out, as word/letters">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.
7. v:100 v. remove from memory or existence v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing v. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information