erase

Meanings

Plural: erases

Verb

remove from memory or existence
- "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
- "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
- "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
to remove markings or information
To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
To kill; assassinate.

Noun

The operation of deleting data.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

delete, efface, rub out, score out, wipe off, wipe out

Antonyms

record

Scrabble Score: 5

erase is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
erase is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
erase is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

erase is a valid Words With Friends word