| VERB | change | erase, wipe out | remove from memory or existence |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | |
| communication | erase, delete | wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information |
| Sounds | ihrey's; iyrey's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ace / ACE ... workplace: 67 rhymes with eys... | |
| Meaning | Remove from memory or existence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" | |
| Synonym | wipe out | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Spanish | borrar, liquidar | |
| Catalan | esborrar | |
| Nouns | erasure | deletion by an act of expunging or erasing |
| Meaning | Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" | |
| Synonyms | rub out, score out, efface, wipe off | |
| Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Narrower | scratch out, cut out | strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out |
| sponge | Erase with a sponge | |
| Broader | delete, cancel | Remove or make invisible |
| Spanish | borrar | |
| Catalan | esborrar | |
| Nouns | eraser | an implement used to erase something |
| erasure | deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | |
| erasure | a correction made by erasing | |
| erasure | a surface area where something has been erased | |
| Meaning | wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" | |
| Synonym | delete | |
| Category | recording, transcription | The act of making a record (especially an audio record) |
| Narrower | demagnetize, demagnetise | Erase (a magnetic storage device) |
| Broader | take away, take out | take out or remove |
| Opposite | record, tape | Register electronically |
| Spanish | anular, borrar, eliminar, suprimir, tachar | |
| Catalan | anul·lar, eliminar, esborrar, passar ratlla, ratllar, suprimir | |
| Nouns | eraser | an implement used to erase something |
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