v. t. | 1. | To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; |
2. | Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; - used of ideas in the mind or memory. |
Verb | 1. | erase - remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" Synonyms: wipe out |
2. | erase - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" | |
3. | erase - wipe out magnetically recorded information Synonyms: delete |
erase - delete |