erase

erase
erase [ē rās′, irās′]
vt.
erased, erasing [< L erasus, pp. of eradere, to scratch out < e-, out + radere, to scrape, scratch: see RAT]
1. to rub, scrape, or wipe out (esp. written or engraved letters); efface; expunge
2. to remove (something recorded) from (magnetic tape)
3. to remove any sign of; obliterate, as from the mind
4. to remove (data) from a computer storage device
5. Slang to kill
erasable
adj.
SYN.- ERASE implies a scraping or rubbing out of something written or drawn, or figuratively, the removal of an impression; to EXPUNGE is to remove or wipe out completely; EFFACE implies a rubbing out from a surface, and, in extended use, suggests a destroying of the distinguishing marks, or even of the very existence, of something; OBLITERATE implies a thorough blotting out of something so that all visible traces of it are removed; DELETE implies the marking of written or printed matter for removal, or the removal of the matter itself

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