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e·rase  (-rs)

tr.v. e·rased, e·ras·ing, e·ras·es

1.

a. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.

b. To remove (recorded material) from a magnetic tape or other storage medium: erased a file from the diskette.

c. To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example): erased the videocassette.

2. To remove all traces of.

3. To remove or destroy as if by wiping out: had to erase all thoughts of failure from his mind.

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[Latin rdere, rs-, to scratch out : -, ex-, ex- + rdere, to scrape; see rd- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: erase, expunge, efface, delete, cancel
These verbs mean to remove or invalidate something, especially something stored, recorded, or written down. To erase is to wipe or rub out, literally or figuratively: erased the equation from the blackboard; erased any hope of success.
Expunge and efface imply thorough removal: expunged their names from the list; tried to efface prejudice from his mind.
To delete is to remove matter from a manuscript or data from a computer application: deleted expletives from the transcript; deleted the file with one keystroke.
Cancel refers to invalidating by or as if by drawing lines through something written: canceled the postage stamp; canceled the reservation.

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erase

Verb

[erasing, erased]

1. to destroy all traces of: he could not erase the memory of his earlier defeat

2. to rub or wipe out (something written)

3. to remove sound or information from (a magnetic tape or disk) [Latin e- out + radere to scrape]

erasable adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	erase - remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" wipe out kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	2.	erase - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" rub out, score out, wipe off, efface sponge - erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard delete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" scratch out, cut out - strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list"
	3.	erase - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" delete recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" demagnetise, demagnetize - erase (a magnetic storage device) record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing"

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erase

verb 1. delete, cancel out, wipe out, remove, eradicate, excise, obliterate, efface, blot out, expunge

2. rub out, remove, wipe out, delete, scratch out

Translations

erase [ɪˈreɪz] vt (COMPUT) → borrar

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erase [ɪˈreɪz] vt → effacer

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erase [ɪˈreɪz] vt (tape), (Comput) → löschen;

(writing) → ausradieren;

(thought, feeling) → auslöschen

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erase [ɪˈreɪz] vt → cancellare

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erase

v erase [iˈreiz, (American ) iˈreis]

to rub out (pencil marks etc) The typist tried to erase the error. uitvee يَمْحو، يَشْطُب изтривам vymazat slette; viske ud ausradieren σβήνω borrar kustutama پاک کردن pyyhkiä pois effacer לִמחוֹק मिटाना izbrisati kitöröl menghapus stroka út cancellare 消す 지우다 ištrinti izdzēst padam uitwissen viske ut, slette wymazać apagar a şterge стирать vymazať, vytrieť zbrisati izbrisati radera ลบ silmek 擦掉 стирати; підчищати مٹا دینا tẩy xoá 擦掉

n eˈraser

(especially American) something that erases, especially a piece of india-rubber etc for erasing pencil etc. uitveër مِمْحاه гума guma viskelæder der Radiergummi γομολάστιχα goma (de borrar) kustutuskumm پاک کن pyyhekumi gomme מַחַק रबर brisač radír(gumi) penghapus strokleður gomma (da cancellare) 消しゴム 지우개 trintukas dzēšgumija pemadam vlakgom viskelær gumka apagador gumă (de şters) ластик guma radirka brisač radergummi ยางลบ silgi 橡皮擦 гумка مٹانے والی شے cục tẩy 橡皮擦