erase
[ ih-reys ]
/ ɪˈreɪs /
verb (used with object), e·rased, e·ras·ing.
verb (used without object), e·rased, e·ras·ing.
to give way to effacement readily or easily.
to obliterate characters, letters, markings, etc., from something.
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Origin of erase
OTHER WORDS FROM erase
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH erase
erasable irasciblesynonym study for erase
1. See cancel.
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British Dictionary definitions for erase
erase
/ (ɪˈreɪz) /
verb
to obliterate or rub out (something written, typed, etc)
(tr) to destroy all traces of; remove completelytime erases grief
to remove (a recording) from (magnetic tape)
(tr) computing to replace (data) on a storage device with characters representing an absence of data
Derived forms of erase
erasable, adjectiveWord Origin for erase
C17: from Latin ērādere to scrape off, from ex- 1 + rādere to scratch, scrape
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