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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Erase \E*rase"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Erased}; p. pr & vb n.. {Erasing}.] [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See {Rase}.] 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 2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: erase v 1: remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" [syn: {wipe out}] 2: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [syn: {rub out}, {score out}, {efface}, {wipe off}] 3: wipe out magnetically recorded information [syn: {delete}] [ant: {record}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: erase {delete}
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