What does Erase mean?
Definitions for Erase
ɪˈreɪserase
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Erase.
Princeton's WordNet
erase, wipe outverb
remove from memory or existence
"The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe offverb
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
"Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
erase, deleteverb
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
"Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
Wiktionary
eraseverb
to remove markings or information
I erased that note because it was wrong.
eraseverb
To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
I'm going to erase this tape.
eraseverb
To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
I'm going to erase those files.
eraseverb
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.
eraseverb
To be erased .
Etymology: From erasus, past participle of eradere, from ex- + radere
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ERASEverb
To destroy; to exscind; to expunge; to rub out.
Etymology: raser, French.
The heads of birds, for the most part, are given erased; that is, plucked off. Henry Peacham, on Blazoning.
Wikipedia
erase
In computing, del (or erase) is a command in command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS, NDOS, 4OS2, 4NT and Windows PowerShell. It is used to delete one or more files or directories from a file system.
ChatGPT
erase
Erase means to remove or eliminate something completely, leaving no trace or evidence of its existence. It typically involves wiping away, deleting, or obliterating information, marks, objects, or memories.
Webster Dictionary
Eraseverb
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name
Eraseverb
fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory
Etymology: [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]
Wikidata
Erase
Erase is the third studio album released by Dutch death metal band Gorefest. It was released in 1994 Nuclear Blast Records.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Erase
e-rās′, v.t. to rub or scrape out: to efface: to destroy.—adj. Erā′sable.—p.adj. Erased′, rubbed out: effaced: (her.) torn off, so as to leave jagged edges.—ns. Erā′ser, one who, or that which, erases, as ink-eraser; Erā′sion, Erase′ment, Erā′sure, the act of erasing: a rubbing out: the place where something written has been rubbed out. [L. eradĕre—e, out, radĕre, rasum, to scrape.]
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Anagrams for Erase »
eares
easer
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Erase in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Erase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Erase in a Sentence
This victory shows that no one, not even President Trump, is above the law, offshore drilling and the associated threat of devastating oil spills puts coastal economies and ways of life at risk while worsening the consequences of climate change. President Trump wanted to erase all the environmental progress we've made, but we fought back and we won.
Marcus Aureluis, Meditations, Book nine:
Erase fancy; curb impulse; quench desire; let sovereign reason have the mastery.
This offensive legislation pretends skin color has never mattered in our country. As far too many Americans know, race-based oppression, discrimination and inequality has been a fact of life since before the dawn of our nation, our children deserve to learn the full story and truth of our people — the victories and the struggles. Unfortunately, the controlling party is attempting to erase historical fact in favor [of] whitewashed falsehoods.
The presence of God doesn't erase the presence of pain.
Nothing will erase the pain of August 3 and we are hopeful that re-opening the store will be another testament to the strength and resiliency that has characterized the El Paso community in the wake of this tragedy.
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- сціра́ць, сце́рціBelarusian
- изтривамBulgarian
- smazat, vymazatCzech
- slette, viske, fjerneDanish
- auslöschenGerman
- σβήνωGreek
- viŝi, forigiEsperanto
- borrarSpanish
- pyyhkiä yli, pyyhkiytyä, poistaa, pyyhkiäFinnish
- strika, viskaFaroese
- effacer, s'effacerFrench
- léirscrios, glan, scriosIrish
- dubh às, dubh a-machScottish Gaelic
- cancellareItalian
- 消去, 消す, 抹消Japanese
- លុបKhmer
- 지우다Korean
- uitwissenDutch
- zetrzeć, wymazywać, ścierać, wymazaćPolish
- apagarPortuguese
- стере́ть, стира́тьRussian
- vymazať, vymazávaťSlovak
- raderaSwedish
- сте́рти, стира́тиUkrainian
- xóaVietnamese
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