He wishes to erase bad memories.
Source: tatoeba (2119)
Erase
//ɪˈɹeɪs//
Synonyms for "erase" (123 found)
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5 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
8 entriesentails
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
152 translations across 50 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- fshi verb (to remove markings or information)
- fshi verb (to obliterate information)
Arabic
4 entries- اِمَّحَى verb (intransitive: to be erased)
- اِنْمَحَى verb (intransitive: to be erased)
- محى verb (to remove markings or information)
- محى verb (to remove markings or information)
Bashkir
4 entries- юйылыу verb (intransitive: to be erased)
- юйыу verb (to remove markings or information)
- юйыу verb (to obliterate information)
- юйыу verb (to clear a storage medium)
Belarusian
2 entries- сце́рці verb (to remove markings or information)
- сціра́ць verb (to remove markings or information)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изтривам verb (to remove markings or information)
- изтривам verb (to obliterate information)
- изтривам verb (to clear a storage medium)
Catalan
1 entries- esborrar verb (to remove markings or information)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ verb (to remove markings or information)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 抹去 verb (to remove markings or information)
- 拭除 verb (to remove markings or information)
- 擦去 verb (to remove markings or information)
Czech
4 entries- smazat verb (to remove markings or information)
- smazat verb (to obliterate information)
- smazat verb (to clear a storage medium)
- vymazat verb (to remove markings or information)
Danish
4 entries- fjerne verb (to remove markings or information)
- slette verb (to remove markings or information)
- slette verb (to obliterate information)
- slette verb (to clear a storage medium)
Dutch
2 entries- uitgummen verb (to remove markings or information)
- uitwissen verb (to remove markings or information)
Esperanto
3 entries- forigi verb (to remove markings or information)
- viŝi verb (to obliterate information)
- viŝi verb (to clear a storage medium)
Faroese
2 entries- strika verb (to clear a storage medium)
- viska verb (to remove markings or information)
Finnish
4 entries- poistaa verb (to remove markings or information)
- poistaa verb (to clear a storage medium)
- poistaa verb (to remove a runner)
- pyyhkiytyä verb (intransitive: to be erased)
French
4 entries- effacer verb (to remove markings or information)
- effacer verb (to obliterate information)
- effacer verb (to clear a storage medium)
- s'effacer verb (intransitive: to be erased)
German
4 entries- auslöschen verb (to remove markings or information)
- ausradieren verb (to remove markings or information)
- ausschalten verb (to remove a runner)
- leeren verb (to clear a storage medium)
Greek
2 entries- σβήνω verb (to remove markings or information)
- σβήνω verb (to obliterate information)
Hindi
1 entries- मिटाना verb (to remove markings or information)
Hungarian
4 entries- kiradíroz verb (to remove markings or information)
- kitöröl verb (to remove markings or information)
- kitöröl verb (to obliterate information)
- letöröl verb (to obliterate information)
Ido
1 entries- efacar verb (to remove markings or information)
Irish
3 entries- glan verb (to obliterate information)
- léirscrios verb (to clear a storage medium)
- scrios verb (to remove markings or information)
Italian
3 entries- cancellare verb (to remove markings or information)
- cancellare verb (to obliterate information)
- eliminare verb (to remove markings or information)
Japanese
3 entries- 抹消する verb (to obliterate information)
- 消す verb (to remove markings or information)
- 消去する verb (to remove markings or information)
Khmer
1 entries- លុប verb (to remove markings or information)
Korean
1 entries- 지우다 verb (to remove markings or information)
Latin
3 entries- oblitterō verb (to remove markings or information)
- oblitterō verb (to obliterate information)
- ērādō verb (to remove markings or information)
Lithuanian
1 entries- trinti verb (to remove markings or information)
Malay
1 entries- memadamkan verb (to remove markings or information)
Malayalam
1 entries- മായ്ക്കുക verb (to remove markings or information)
Maltese
1 entries- maħħa verb (to remove markings or information)
Marathi
1 entries- खोडणे verb (to remove markings or information)
Māori
4 entries- kōmuru verb (to remove markings or information)
- kōmuru verb (to obliterate information)
- kōmuru verb (to clear a storage medium)
- muku verb (to remove markings or information)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- fjerne verb (to remove markings or information)
- radere verb (to remove markings or information)
- radere bort verb (to remove markings or information)
- radere ut verb (to remove markings or information)
Old English
1 entries- dilegian verb (to remove markings or information)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قازیمق verb (to remove markings or information)
- قازیمق verb (to obliterate information)
Polish
4 entries- wymazać verb (to remove markings or information)
- wymazywać verb (to remove markings or information)
- zetrzeć verb (to remove markings or information)
- ścierać verb (to remove markings or information)
Portuguese
4 entries- apagar verb (to remove markings or information)
- apagar verb (to obliterate information)
- deletar verb (to clear a storage medium)
- excluir verb (to clear a storage medium)
Romanian
1 entries- șterge verb (to remove markings or information)
Russian
4 entries- стере́ть verb (to remove markings or information)
- стере́ть verb (to obliterate information)
- стере́ть verb (to clear a storage medium)
- стира́ть verb (to remove markings or information)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- dubh a-mach verb (to remove markings or information)
- dubh a-mach verb (to clear a storage medium)
- dubh às verb (to remove markings or information)
- dubh às verb (to obliterate information)
Slovak
2 entries- vymazať verb (to remove markings or information)
- vymazávať verb (to remove markings or information)
Spanish
4 entries- borrar verb (to remove markings or information)
- borrar verb (to obliterate information)
- borrar verb (to clear a storage medium)
- borrarse verb (intransitive: to be erased)
Swedish
4 entries- radera verb (to remove markings or information)
- radera verb (to obliterate information)
- radera verb (to clear a storage medium)
- utplåna verb (to remove markings or information)
Tagalog
2 entries- bura verb (to remove markings or information)
- burahin verb (to remove markings or information)
Tamil
1 entries- அழி verb (to remove markings or information)
Turkish
2 entries- silmek verb (to remove markings or information)
- silmek verb (to clear a storage medium)
Ukrainian
2 entries- сте́рти verb (to remove markings or information)
- стира́ти verb (to remove markings or information)
Urdu
1 entries- مٹانا verb (to remove markings or information)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xóa verb (to remove markings or information)
Yiddish
2 entries- אויסמעקן verb (to remove markings or information)
- מעקן verb (to remove markings or information)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The typist tried to erase the error.
Source: tatoeba (41150)
I tried to erase the memory of her crying.
Source: tatoeba (394782)
If a sentence doesn't sound natural, simply erase it from the list.
Source: tatoeba (737964)
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