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How to pronounce erase in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms efface, rub out, score out, wipe off
Type of cancel, delete
Has types cut out, scratch out, sponge
Derivation eraser, erasure


Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!.
Type Words
Synonyms delete
Type of take out, take away
Has types demagnetise, demagnetize
Derivation eraser


Who erased the files from my hard disk?.
Type Words
Synonyms wipe out
Type of kill
Derivation erasure


The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915.

Examples of erase

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Howard can erase many mistakes with his athleticism, smarts and jumping ability.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The goal is to erase a $10 billion deficit without increasing broad-based taxes.
From the timesunion.com
The rescue of Ihr Platz won't erase the German aversion to insolvency overnight.
From the businessweek.com
If no match turns up in the database, the device is supposed to erase the print.
From the post-gazette.com
It was even less shocking to see them erase that deficit in less than 3 minutes.
From the washingtonpost.com
The only comparable moment is basketball's jumper at the buzzer to erase a lead.
From the denverpost.com
He knows that cash can't turn back the clock to 1967 or erase his physical pain.
From the washingtonpost.com
It would erase every preconceived notion of U.S. depth in women's alpine skiing.
From the usatoday.com
Pastor Rock Carpenter came to Sugar Hill to erase decades of poverty and blight.
From the dallasnews.com
More examples
  • 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?"
  • Erase is the third studio album released by Dutch death metal band Gorefest. It was released in 1994 Nuclear Blast Records.
  • (Erased (album)) "Erased" is the debut album from the Swedish metal band Inja.
  • (The Erased) The Izbrisani (The Erased) is the name used in the media, for a group of people in Slovenia that remained without a legal status after the declaration of the country's independence in 1991.
  • 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 ...
  • (Erased) (e-ras'd) A term applied to the head of an animal or other bearing having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, leaving jagged or uneven ends.
  • (erased) torn from the body, with jagged edges erect upright