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Meaning of 'erase' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Erase [ v. t.]
- To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
- Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.

Meaning of 'erase' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . erase [ v]
Meaning (1):
- remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
Example in sentence:
  • Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
Meaning (2):
- remove from memory or existence
Example in sentence:
  • The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
Meaning (3):
- wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
Example in sentence:
  • Who erased the files from my hard disk?

Nearby Words:

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