erase
/ɪˈɹeɪs/ verb B2- To remove (markings or information). · I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.
- To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize. · I'm going to erase this tape.
- To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite. · I'm going to erase those files.
- 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.
- To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information). · The chalkboard erased easily.· The files will erase quickly.
- To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- To kill; assassinate.
He/she/it erases · Past erased · Past participle erased · -ing form erasing
Verb forms
- Base form
- erase
- He/she/it
- erases
- Past
- erased
- Past participle
- erased
- -ing form
- erasing
From the library
These digital approvals are undeniably efficient, but they completely erase the beautiful individuality that a handwritten name once so proudly represented.
They predictably reset with every single new search, erasing the digital footprints of our previous excursions without a second thought.
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