Erase

v. t.	1.	To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name. [imp. & p. p. Erased (ė*rāst"); p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.]
	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!" Synonyms: rub out, score out, wipe off, efface
	3.	erase - wipe out magnetically recorded information Synonyms: delete Antonyms: record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing"

erase - delete

abbreviate, ablate, abolish, abrade, abrase, abridge, annul, bark, black out, blast, blot, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, bump off, cancel, censor, chafe, croak, cross, cross out, cut, dele, delete, destroy, disannul, do in, edit, edit out, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erode, expunge, expurgate, file, fix, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, get, get rid of, give the business, gnaw, gnaw away, grate, graze, grind, gun down, hit, ice, kill, lay out, negate, nullify, off, omit, polish off, rasp, raze, rescind, rub away, rub off, rub out, rule out, scour, scrape, scratch, scratch out, scrub, scuff, settle, skin, sponge, sponge out, strike, strike off, strike out, take care of, void, waste, wear, wear away, wipe out, withdraw, zap

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