The meaning of Erase

Erase – definition

verb
Rub out or remove (writing or marks).
Usage examples:
Graffiti had been erased from the wall
Synonims:
Delete Rub out Wipe out/off Cross out Strike out Score out Blot out Blank out Scratch out Scrape off Cancel Put a line through Efface Expunge Excise Remove Obliterate Eliminate Remove all tra

verb
To destroy or remove something completely
Usage examples:
A subdirectory filled with precious data can be erased if you are not careful., i kept changing my …

verb
To cancel the effect of an increase or fall in something such as an amount of debt, the price of shares, etc.
Usage examples:
Erase a deficit/debt/loss to erase the budget deficit through cuts alone would mean extreme measure…

Erase translation into English

Erase: translate from English into Chinese

擦除, 抹去, 擦, 抹掉, 擦写, 擦写, 清洗, 抆, 抆

Erase: translate from English into Dutch

Wissen, Gommen, Doorhalen, Uitschrappen, Uitwisselen, Met gom bestrijken

Erase: translate from English into French

Effacer, Gommer, S'effacer

Erase: translate from English into German

Löschen, Auslöschen, Tilgen, Ausradieren, Radieren, Abwischen

Erase: translate from English into Hindi

मिटा, मिटाएँ, मिटाना, रगड़कर मिटाना, खुरचना, व्यामार्जन, उद्घर्षण करना, छीलना

Erase: translate from English into Italian

Cancellare

Erase: translate from English into Korean

삭제, 지우다, 문질러 지우다, 지워 버리다, 죽이다, 쉽게 지워지다

Erase: translate from English into Russian

Стереть, Стирать, Подчищать, Вычеркивать, Соскабливать, Выскабливать, Изглаживать из памяти, Убивать

Erase: translate from English into Spanish

Borrar, Liquidar, Tachar a

Word origin

late 16th century (originally as a heraldic term meaning ‘represent the head or limb of an animal with a jagged edge’): from Latin eras- ‘scraped away’, from the verb eradere, from e- (varian

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Erase – similar words

erased

adjective
(of a head or limb) depicted as cut off in a jagged line.
Usage examples:
A stag's head erased

verb
Rub out or remove (writing or marks).
Usage examples:
Graffiti had been erased from the wall

verb
Past simple and past participle of erase
Usage examples:
It's in pencil so you can just erase anything that's wrong., a virus erased my hard disk., he is de…

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erasable

adjective
(of a mark, word, message, etc.) possible to remove from a surface, a text, a disk, a tape, etc.
Usage examples:
The school specifies that students should use black or blue erasable pens., erasable data, the game…

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Erase synonims

cancel

verb
Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.
Usage examples:
He was forced to cancel his visit

noun
A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.
Usage examples:
A stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel

verb
To decide that something arranged in advance will not happen, or to state that you do not wish to receive something
Usage examples:
[ i ] we were supposed to meet for dinner but elise had to cancel at the last minute., [ t ] he col…

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cross out

phrasal verb
Remove from a list

phrasal verb
To draw a line through something you have written, usually because it is wrong
Usage examples:
If you think it's wrong, cross it out and write it again.

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delete

verb
Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it.
Usage examples:
The passage was deleted

noun
A command or key on a computer which erases text.
Usage examples:
You can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program

verb
To remove (part or all of) a written or electronic text
Usage examples:
[ t ] she accidentally deleted one of her computer files., [ t ] the editor deleted the last three …

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efface

verb
Erase (a mark) from a surface.
Usage examples:
With time, the words are effaced by the rain

verb
To remove something intentionally
Usage examples:
The whole country had tried to efface the memory of the old dictatorship.

All meanings and translations of Efface

eliminate

verb
Completely remove or get rid of (something).
Usage examples:
A policy that would eliminate inflation

verb
To remove or take away something
Usage examples:
You can never totally eliminate the possibility of human error., arts programs face elimination in …

verb
To completely remove something that is not wanted or needed
Usage examples:
The problem we confront today is there is no one thing that can eliminate our dependency on petrole…

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excise

noun
A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licences granted for certain activities.
Usage examples:
The rate of excise duty on spirits

verb
Charge excise on (goods).
Usage examples:
A strategy for charging duty for high-risk and excised goods is yet to be presented to the finance …

verb
Cut out surgically.
Usage examples:
The precision with which surgeons can excise brain tumours

All meanings and translations of Excise

expunge

verb
Obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).
Usage examples:
The kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory

verb
To rub off or remove information from a piece of writing
Usage examples:
His name has been expunged from the list of members., she has been unable to expunge the details of…

All meanings and translations of Expunge

obliterate

verb
Destroy utterly; wipe out.
Usage examples:
The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind

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remove

verb
Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.
Usage examples:
Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun
A degree of remoteness or separation.
Usage examples:
At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

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rub out

idiom
Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

phrasal verb
Erase pencil marks with a rubber.
Usage examples:
He rubbed out a couple of lines and carried on drawing

phrasal verb
(of a gangster or assassin) kill someone.
Usage examples:
You can bet he's been rubbed out for business reasons

All meanings and translations of Rub out

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