erase
/ɪˈɹeɪs/verb2 syllables
Erase means: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.
Synonyms for erase6
verb, as in remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
verb, as in remove from memory or existence
wipe out
verb, as in wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
Opposites of erase
What does erase mean?3
verb
1
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing“Please erase the formula on the blackboard — it is wrong!”
2
remove from memory or existence“The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”
3
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information“Who erased the files from my hard disk?”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with erase?19
Erase in a sentence
- If a sentence doesn't sound natural, simply erase it from the list.unknown
- It's written in pencil, so you can erase it.CK
- By wiping the board, he erased my name.tieguy
- I tried to erase the memory of her crying.CM
- Erase to the start of discourse or text; drop the subject or start over.nonong
- Nature is beginning to erase all evidence of men in the region.OsoHombre
- He used a piece of paper to erase the whiteboard.Amastan
- He used his sleeve to erase the whiteboard.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of erase
as a verb
- past tense
- erased
- present participle
- erasing
- third-person singular
- erases
- past participle
- erased