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   e·rase

   /əˈrās/

   verb

   • 1. rub out or remove (writing or marks): "graffiti had been erased from the wall" Similar deleterub outwipe out/offcross outstrike outscore outblot outblank outscratch outscrape offcancelput a line througheffaceexpungeexciseremoveobliterateeliminateremove all traces ofcensorblue-pencilredactbowdlerizetechnical:dele
   • ▪ remove all traces of (a thought, feeling, or memory): "the magic of the landscape erased all else from her mind" Similar destroywipe outobliterateeradicateabolishstamp outquashdo away withget rid ofremovedissolve
   • ▪ remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer's memory: "the tape could be magnetically erased and reused"

   Word Origin late 16th century (originally as a heraldic term meaning ‘represent the head or limb of an animal with a jagged edge’): from Latin eras- ‘scraped away’, from the verb eradere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + radere ‘scrape’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. erasable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

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