erase

About 2.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To remove (markings or information).

   I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.

2. verb To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

   I'm going to erase this tape.

3. verb To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.

   I'm going to erase those files.

4. verb To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play

   Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.

5. verb To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).

   The chalkboard erased easily.

6. verb To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
7. verb To kill; assassinate.
8. noun The operation of deleting data.

Similar words

efface delete wipe out rub out wipe off score out erasure expunge dele deletion

Often followed by

the all it from a any and them or

Word family

erasabilities erasability erasable erased erases erasing