erase
verb (used with object)
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Ms Wang said it's near impossible to sustain grassroots activism given how China has been erasing its civil rights groups in recent years.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2022