erase
(verb)
verb
1. remove from memory or existence
- The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
Definition categories: change, kill
2. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
- Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
Similar word(s): efface
Definition categories: contact, cancel, delete
3. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
- Who erased the files from my hard disk?
Similar word(s): delete
Definition categories: communication
Sentences with erase as a verb:
- I erased that note because it was wrong.
- I'm going to erase this tape.
- I'm going to erase those files.
- Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.
- The chalkboard erased easily.
- Her painful memories seemingly erased completely.
- The files will erase quickly.