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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•rase /ɪˈreɪs/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], e•rased, e•ras•ing. - to rub or scrape out:to erase pencil marks.
- to remove;
eliminate: couldn't erase the scene from her memory.
e•ras•a•ble, adj. See -rase-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•rase (i rās′),USA pronunciation v., e•rased, e•ras•ing. v.t. - to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.;
efface. - to eliminate completely:She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory.
- Sound Reproductionto obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk):She erased the message.
- Sound Reproductionto obliterate recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk):He accidentally erased the tape.
- Computingto remove (data) from computer storage.
- Slang Termsto murder:The gang had to erase him before he informed on them.
v.i. - to give way to effacement readily or easily.
- to obliterate characters, letters, markings, etc., from something.
- Latin ērāsus (past participle of ērādere), equivalent. to ē- e- + rāsus scraped; see raze
- 1595–1605
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged expunge, obliterate. See cancel.
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged restore.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: erase /ɪˈreɪz/ vb - to obliterate or rub out (something written, typed, etc)
- (transitive) to destroy all traces of; remove completely
- to remove (a recording) from (magnetic tape)
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ērādere to scrape off, from ex-1 + rādere to scratch, scrapeeˈrasable adj |