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1. (v.t.) erase
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
2. erase
to eliminate completely:
She couldn't erase the scene from her memory.
3. erase
to obliterate (recorded material) from (a recording medium):
She erased the message on the answering machine. I accidentally erased the tape.
4. erase
to remove (data) from computer storage:
He erased the data from the hard drive.
5. erase
Slang. to murder.
6. (v.i.) erase
to give way to effacement readily or easily.
7. erase
to obliterate characters, markings, etc., from something.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L ērāsus, ptp. of ērādere=ē-e - +rādere to scrape; cf. raze)
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| Definition of 'erase' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) erase, wipe out
remove from memory or existence
"The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
2. (verb) erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
"Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
3. (verb) erase, delete
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
"Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
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1. (verb) erase
to remove writing or information
He erased it and wrote it again.; The DVD had been erased.
2. erase
to remove a thought or feeling completely
She tried to erase the memory from her mind.
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| Definition of 'erase' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) erase
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
2. (verb) erase
fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory
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Sense: to rub out (pencil marks etc)
The typist tried to erase the error.
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 Afrikaans: uitvee |
 Arabic: يَمْحو، يَشْطُب |
 Bulgarian: изтривам |
 Brazilian: apagar |
 Czech: vymazat |
 German: ausradieren |
 Danish: slette; viske ud |
 Greek: σβήνω |
 Spanish: borrar |
 Estonian: kustutama |
 Farsi: پاک کردن |
 Finnish: pyyhkiä |
 French: effacer |
 Hebrew: לִמחוֹק |
 Hindi: मिटाना |
 Croatian: izbrisati |
 Hungarian: kitöröl |
 Indonesian: menghapus |
 Icelandic: strokaút |
 Italian: cancellare |
 Japanese: 消す |
 Korean: 지우다 |
 Lithuanian: ištrinti |
 Latvian: izdzēst |
 Malay: padam |
 Dutch: uitwissen |
 Norwegian: viske ut, slette |
 Polish: wymazać |
 Persian: پاک کردن |
 Pashto: يا كول، پيجوول، توږل |
 Portuguese: apagar |
 Romanian: aşterge |
 Russian: стирать |
 Slovak: vymazať, vytrieť |
 Slovenian: zbrisati |
 Serbian: izbrisati |
 Swedish: radera |
 Thai: ลบ |
 Turkish: silmek |
 Taiwanese: 擦掉 |
 Ukrainian: стирати; підчищати |
 Urdu: مٹا دینا |
 Vietnamese: tẩy xoá |
 Chinese: 擦掉 |
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