e
rase
Third Person
erases
Present Participle
erasing
Past Tense
erased
Past Participle
erased
1
to remove something completely from existence or memory
transitive
- Time cannot erase the memories of significant life events.
- The historian lamented the attempt to erase certain events from the historical record.
- The therapist worked with the patient to gradually erase negative thought patterns.
- Over the decades, urbanization erased the quaint charm of the small village.
- Political changes gradually erased the remnants of an old regime from public memory.
Synonyms:
2
to remove marks or writing by rubbing them off
transitive
- She tried to erase the pencil marks from her notebook with an eraser.
- I made a mistake and had to erase the word from the paper.
- He used a cloth to erase the chalk from the blackboard.
- The teacher told me to erase the incorrect answer and try again.
- She gently erased the notes from the page to make room for new ones.
3
to delete recorded information from a device or storage
transitive
- He accidentally erased the video from the tape while trying to rewind it.
- The technician helped me erase the old data from the computer’s hard drive.
- I had to erase the file because it was no longer needed.
- She erased the recorded message by mistake, thinking it was something else.
- I used a special program to erase my browsing history from the computer.
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