erase
IPA: ɪrˈeɪs
noun
- (computing) The operation of deleting data.
verb
- (transitive) to remove markings or information
- (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- (transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
- (transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate.
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Examples of "erase" in Sentences
- I have ten pencils and eight erasers.
- I wanted to borrow an eraser from her.
- She erased the contents of the article.
- He is also the creator of the memory eraser.
- Erase Jimmy Boggle from the face of the Earth
- With the connivance of Tourville, the scan evidence was erased.
- In the demonstrations, an eraser in the back of the pen is shown.
- During this the reds are in the database and sarge erases the blues.
- But the solution is to improve the article, not to erase inconvenient facts.
- Butanone is also used in dry erase markers as the solvent of the erasable dye.
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