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- Dictionarye·rase/əˈrās/
verb
- 1. rub out or remove (writing or marks): "graffiti had been erased from the wall" Similar
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The meaning of ERASE is to rub or scrape out (something, such as written, painted, or engraved letters). How to use erase in a sentence.
ERASE definition: 1. to remove something, especially a pencil mark by rubbing it: 2. to remove recordings or…. Learn more.
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface. Synonyms: obliterate, expunge. Antonyms: restore. 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: restore.
When you erase something, you eliminate or delete it, often by physically wiping it out. It's easy to erase chalk from a blackboard, but not so easy to erase graffiti from the side of a building.
to cause a feeling, memory, or period of time to be completely forgotten: He is determined to erase the memory of a disappointing debut two years ago. Woods wants a convincing victory to erase doubts about his team's ability to reach the World Cup finals. One election cannot erase 65 years of a corrupt one-party political process. literary.
To erase is to wipe or rub out, literally or figuratively: erased the word from the blackboard; erased any hope of success. Expunge implies thorough removal: a performance that expunged doubts about his ability.
If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion.
Definition of erase verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ERASE definition: to completely remove words, music, pictures, etc that are written or stored on a computer or other…. Learn more.
1. If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion. [...] 2. If you erase sound that has been recorded on a tape or information which has been stored in a computer, you completely remove or destroy it. [...] 3.
