Erase
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English
Verb
Erase (third-person singular simple present Erases, present participle erasing, simple past and past participle erased)
- (transitive) to remove markings or information
- I erased that note because it was wrong.
- (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- I'm going to erase this tape.
- (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- I'm going to erase those files.
- (transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.
- (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
- The chalkboard erased easily.
- Her painful memories seemingly erased completely.
- The files will erase quickly.
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Thesaurus
abbreviate, ablate, abolish, abrade, abrase, abridge, annul, bark, black out, blast, blot, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, bump off, cancel, censor, chafe, croak, cross, cross out, cut, dele, delete, destroy, disannul, do in, edit, edit out, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erode, expunge, expurgate, file, fix, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, get, get rid of, give the business, gnaw, gnaw away, grate, graze, grind, gun down, hit, ice, kill, lay out, negate, nullify, obliterate, off, omit, polish off, rasp, raze, remove, rescind, rub away, rub off, rub out, rule out, scour, scrape, scratch, scratch out, scrub, scuff, settle, skin, sponge, sponge out, strike, strike off, strike out, take care of, void, waste, wear, wear away, wipe out, withdraw, zap
Etymology
From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”)
Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: ĭ-rāzʹ, IPA: /ɪˈɹeɪz/, SAMPA: /I"r\eIz/
- (US) enPR: ĭ-rāsʹ, IPA: /ɪˈɹeɪs/, SAMPA: /I"r\eIs/
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Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -eɪs
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Verb
erase
- third-person singular past historic of eradere
erase f.
