Erase

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Erase \E*rase"\ ([-e]*r[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Erased}
     ([-e]*r[=a]st"); 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of
        ideas in the mind or memory. --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "erase":
     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, obliterate, off, omit, polish off, rasp, raze,
     remove, 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
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  erase
       
          {delete}