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erase
[ ih-reys ]
verb (used with object)
- to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- to eliminate completely:
She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory.
- to obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk):
She erased the message.
Antonyms:
- to obliterate recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk):
He accidentally erased the tape.
- Computers. to remove (data) from computer storage.
- to exclude, replace, or refuse to recognize (the identity, experience, or contribution of a minority group or group member): whitewash ( def 7b ).
Framing rape as a woman’s issue erases men’s accounts of sexual violence from public discourse.
- Slang. to murder:
The gang had to erase him before he informed on them.
verb (used without object)
- to give way to effacement readily or easily.
- to obliterate characters, letters, markings, etc., from something.
erase
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- to obliterate or rub out (something written, typed, etc)
- tr to destroy all traces of; remove completely
time 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
- ˈ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·a·i·ٲ noun
- ·a· adjective
- -· adjective
- non·a· adjective
- un·a· adjective
- ܲe· adjective
- ܲe·iԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of erase1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But industrialization has changed that, of course, by introducing light pollution that gradually erased the stars from view before the bright blue light of countless LEDs made the situation so much worse.
“The progress this nation has made over the past 60 years since the passage of the Voters Rights Act cannot be minimized and should not be erased.”
“I thought when people take away your rights, erase your history and deport your friends, you're supposed to call it out,” Ruffin concludes.
The lack of clarity has rattled markets in recent weeks, driving the worst first annual quarter in three years and erasing gains on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index made since Trump’s election victory in November.
To erase that with one sentence is not just dishonest.
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