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Erase

//ɪˈɹeɪs// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
The operation of deleting data.
"This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase."

Verb

1
To remove (markings or information). transitive
"I erased that word from the page because it was wrong."
2
remove from memory or existence wordnet
3
To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize. transitive
"I'm going to erase this tape."
4
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information wordnet
5
To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite. transitive
"I'm going to erase those files."

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6
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing wordnet
7
To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play transitive
"Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play."
8
To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information). intransitive
"The chalkboard erased easily."
9
To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society. transitive
"I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality."
10
To kill; assassinate. slang, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.

Etymology 2

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