Definitions for ERASE
ɪˈreɪserase

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. erase, wipe outverb

   remove from memory or existence

   "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

2. erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe offverb

   remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

   "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

3. erase, deleteverb

   wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

   "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eraseverb

   to remove markings or information

   I erased that note because it was wrong.

2. eraseverb

   To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

   I'm going to erase this tape.

3. eraseverb

   To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.

   I'm going to erase those files.

4. eraseverb

   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.

5. eraseverb

   To be erased .

6. Etymology: From erasus, past participle of eradere, from ex- + radere

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ERASEverb

   To destroy; to exscind; to expunge; to rub out.

   Etymology: raser, French.

   The heads of birds, for the most part, are given erased; that is, plucked off. Henry Peacham, on Blazoning.

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1. erase

   In computing, del (or erase) is a command in command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS, NDOS, 4OS2, 4NT and Windows PowerShell. It is used to delete one or more files or directories from a file system.

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1. erase

   Erase means to remove or eliminate something completely, leaving no trace or evidence of its existence. It typically involves wiping away, deleting, or obliterating information, marks, objects, or memories.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eraseverb

   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. Eraseverb

   fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory

3. Etymology: [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]

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1. Erase

   Erase is the third studio album released by Dutch death metal band Gorefest. It was released in 1994 Nuclear Blast Records.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Erase

   e-rās′, v.t. to rub or scrape out: to efface: to destroy.—adj. Erā′sable.—p.adj. Erased′, rubbed out: effaced: (her.) torn off, so as to leave jagged edges.—ns. Erā′ser, one who, or that which, erases, as ink-eraser; Erā′sion, Erase′ment, Erā′sure, the act of erasing: a rubbing out: the place where something written has been rubbed out. [L. eradĕre—e, out, radĕre, rasum, to scrape.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ERASE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ERASE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ERASE in a Sentence

1. Daniel Swain:

   This is really going to help a lot with the short-term drought in Northern California, perhaps even erase short-term drought conditions, but it’s going to take a lot more to completely obviate the longer term, multi-year drought impacts.

2. Rob Cella:

   A relationship is like a rose, How long it lasts, no one knows Love can erase an awful past, Love can be yours, you'll see at last To feel that love, it makes you sigh, To have it leave, you'd rather die You hope you've found that special rose, 'Cause you love and care for the one you chose.

3. Gene Karpinski:

   This victory shows that no one, not even President Trump, is above the law, offshore drilling and the associated threat of devastating oil spills puts coastal economies and ways of life at risk while worsening the consequences of climate change. President Trump wanted to erase all the environmental progress we've made, but we fought back and we won.

4. Thomas Filingeri:

   Nothing can erase the pain of losing someone you love you carry it with you for the rest of your life, however ever long that might be. The best you can hope for is that over time the wounds begin to heal, but no matter how strong we are no matter how hard we fight the scars always stay with us.

5. Rex Tillerson:

   We're not trying to start with a clean slate, you cannot erase the past.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ERASE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Erase
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ERASE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erase
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ERASE
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ERASE
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ERASE