erase
verb (used with object)
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
erased
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past participleof erase.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof erase.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
eraseverb (used with object)to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
Example Sentences
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When they returned through an airport or border, the stain of their original unlawful entry was erased.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
U.S. stocks on Friday closed out a brutal month that erased a chunk of the summer’s gains in technology names.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Citizen detectives like Diarra Brickland, who arranges her messy life around ensuring that the people and prizes typically overlooked or quietly erased by the mainstream keep being seen, are even less common.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
The last time viewers saw Peter Parker, he had voluntarily erased himself from the memories of his loved ones.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
About eight weeks later, I heard a sound that erased all traces of resentment: a swishing, watery heartbeat picked up on ultrasound, emanating from the warm cave of my body.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
