erase.
To remove (markings or information).
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Italic *razdō Latin radō Latin ērādō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ērāsusder. English erase From Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.
The operation of deleting data.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Italic *razdō Latin radō Latin ērādō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ērāsusder. English erase From Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.
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