Erase

Definitions: Erase

Erase

Verb

1. Remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915".

2. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!".

3. Wipe out magnetically recorded information.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "erase" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Note: Erase \E*rase"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Erased; p. pr. vb. noun. Erasing.]. (Websters 1913)

Computing

Aerospace

Electrical Engineering

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Erase

Destruction

Smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver; batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces; laniate; nip; tear to rags, tear to tatters; crush to atoms, knock to atoms; ruin; strike out; throw over, knock down over; fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge; lay in ashes, lay in ruins; sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze; level with the dust, level with the ground; waste; atomize, vaporize.

Obliteration

Verb: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge.

Crosswords: Erase

Remind me when we have time, to record it on tape so I can accidentally erase it. (Maude; writing credit: Colette Deréal)

If I get killed, tell Courtney in accounting I love her and erase all the porn on my computer. (Just Shoot Me!; writing credit: David Renwick)

You have been able to erase it? (The Ten Commandments; writing credit: J.H. Ingraham; A.E. Southon)

Good, 'coz if you don't I'll erase your ass. (Total Recall; writing credit: Ronald Shusett)

The fear does start to erase every time ("Every Time"; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Time can't erase a feeling this strong ("Always Be My Baby"; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

And my mind could not erase the beauty of you face ("Hold On to the Nights"; performing artist: Richard Marx)

I could not erase it ("A Sorta Fairytale"; performing artist: Tori Amos)

There's a face there's a memory somewhere that I can't erase ("In A Little While"; performing artist: Uncle Kracker)

Rays That Erase (1916)

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Books

• Credit Secrets : How To Erase Bad Credit (reference)

• Don't Erase Me : Stories (reference)

• Erase Que Se Era (reference)

• Erase una vez-- Maimónides : cuentos tradicionales hebreos : antología (reference)

• Erase una vez un padre (About a Boy) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Erase the Fake (reference)

• Destroy Erase Improve (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• NMB Technologies Rt-8255Cew+ Win 95 Erase Ease At 104 Keyboard (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Erase Aids use a rubber.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

ERAse inequality : equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States ...Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

If you miss the third call, they erase your name.

It is to erase the fixed smiles of sleeping couples that Satan trained roosters to crow at five in the morning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Civil Liberties

Oman

Customs officials at times confiscate videocassette tapes and erase offensive material, despite the lack of published guidelines regarding what is considered offensive. (references)

Turkey

The resolution urges the Turkish authorities to erase the criminal records and end restrictions on the civil and political rights, of successful applicants to the courts; the ECHR further urged the Government to bring Turkish law into conformity with the European Convention on Human Rights. (references)

Economic History

Namibia

German colonial rule destroyed the warmaking ability of the tribes but did not erase their identities or traditional organization. (references)

Political Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The OSCE said the rules change was intended to erase a previous disadvantage to multiethnic parties in the selection of House of Peoples delegates. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "erase": un-erase.

Albanian

shuaj (beat out, blanket, blow out, Burke, clean off, damp, delete, douse, drown, efface, expunge, extinguish, kill, obliterate, out, quash, quell, quench, rake out, remove, scratch out, settle, slack, slake, suppress, turn off, ungear, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wither), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), fshij (brush, brush away, cancel, clean off, clean up, deface, delete, efface, mop up, obliterate, rase, raze, remove, rub, rub out, scratch out, strike off, sweep, wipe, wipe away, wipe off). (various references)

Arabic 

‏محا (blot out, deface, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, obliterate, rub out, scratch out, sponge out, wipe off, wipe out), ‏إنمحى (rub, trail). (various references)

Aymara

phiscsuña (to erase). (various references)

Bulgarian 

заличавам (deface, efface, expunge, obliterate, remove), изтърквам (abrade, clean, fray, outwear, rub down, scrub, wear away), изтривам (delete, efface, expunge, obliterate, rase, raze, rub away, rub out, rub up, wear, wear away, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wipe up). (various references)

Chinese 

� 掉 (Erased, Erasing). (various references)

Czech

vymazat (blot out, clear, delete, obliterate, puddle, rub off, rub out, scrub, wipe out), vyhladit (annihilate, blot out, eradicate, even, even out, exterminate, obliterate, wipe out), gumovat. (various references)

Dutch

gommen (gumming, to gum). (various references)

Esperanto

gumi. (various references)

Farsi 

پاک کردن (Absolve, Clean, Cleanse, Efface, Mop, Obliterate, Purge, Purify, Rub, Sancify, Scour, Scrape, Sublimate, Ventilate, Wash, Winnow, Wipe), محوکردن (Blur, Deface, Efface, Eliminate, Expunge, Obliterate, Raze, Unbuild, Washout), تراشیدن (Carve, Excoriate, Expunge, Face, Grain, Grave, Pare, Rase, Raze, Scrape, Shave, Trim, Whittle), خراشیدن (Chafe, Glance, Graze, Rase, Scrape, Scrub), اثارچیزی راازبین بردن . (various references)

Finnish

raaputtaa (rub out). (various references)

French

gommer, effacer. (various references)

German

löschen (amortize, blot, blow out, clear, close, deaden, delete, discharge, erasing, erasure, expunge, extinction, extinguish, kill, land, pay off, purge, put out, quench, quenching, redeem, rub off, rub out, scratch, slake, souse, strike off, switch out, to delete, to erase, to expunge, to extinguish, to kill, to slake, turn off, unload, unship, wipe out, zap), radieren (delete, engraving, etch, etching, rub out, scrape, scratch, to delete, to erase, to etch), ausradieren (rub off, rub out, to rub out, wipe out). (various references)

Greek 

σβήνω (blow out, burn out, delete, die out, extinguish, fade away, faint, go out, obliterate, put out, quench, rub out, slake, snuff, snuff out, strike out, switch off, turn off, wipe out), εξάλειψη (decontamination, deletion, deletion of chromosomes, effacement, elimination, eradication, erasing, erasure, extinction, obliteration, removal), εξαλείφω (blot out, delete, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, obliterate, rub out, strike out, wipe out). (various references)

Hebrew 

למחות (blot out, efface, obliterate, rub out, wipe, wipe out), למחוק (cancel, cross out, delete, efface, raze, rub out, rubber, strike off, strike out, wipe out, write off), ל�"חטיב (strike out). (various references)

Hungarian

kitöröl (block out, efface, expunge, obliterate, strike out, to blot, to blot out, to disfigure, to excise, to obliterate, to raze, to strike out, to wipe out, wipe out), kiradíroz (rub out, to rub, to rub out). (various references)

Indonesian

menghapus (delete, expunge), membunuh (assassinate, butcher, delete, kill, murder, plug, put out, slay). (various references)

Irish

scrios. (various references)

Italian

cancellare (blot, cancel, cross out, delete, efface, expunge, extinguish, obliterate, rub off, rub out, score off, scratch out, stop, strike off, strike out, wipe out, zap). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

消す (to delete, to erase, to turn off power). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すりけす (to efface, to erase), ふきけす (to blow out, to erase, to wipe out), かきけす (to erase), けす (to be reduced, to change into, to convert to, to delete, to erase, to improve, to influence, to transform, to turn off power), けずる (to cross out, to curtail, to erase, to pare, to plane, to reduce, to remove, to scrape off, to sharpen, to shave, to whittle), けしさる (to erase, to get rid of). (various references)

Korean 

지우십시�". (various references)

Manx

scryssey magh (abolishment, abolition, amortize, attrition, blot out, blur, blur as vision, delete, deletion, efface, erasure, obliterate, obliteration, scratch out, scrub, shatter, strike off, wear off), scryssey (cancel, cancellation; growl, eliminate, elimination, forage, grin, pare down, rub out, scrap, scrape, scrape away, scraping, scratch, shave, sneer, strike out, wipe out, write off), dolley magh (abolition, abrogate, abrogation, block out, cancel, cancellation, delete, obliteration). (various references)

Mohawk

-hyatonkwas (to erase). (various references)

Norwegian

stryke ut (delete). (various references)

Pig Latin

eraseay

Portuguese

extirpação (extirpation), rasurar, raspar (abrade, bark, blot, bream, delete, fray, grate, rasp, rub, scrabble, scrape, scrape off, scratch, scuff, shave, skive, slab, smooth, strike out), desmanchar (break, dislocate, joint account, translocate), apagar (abrade, Dele, delete, douse, efface, extinguish, extinguishable, obliterate, out, put out, quench, rub out, scrape off, turn off, turn out, wipe off, zap). (various references)

Romanian

elimina (cashier, cut out, eliminate, expel, liberate, ooze, oust, pass, put out, remove), rade (contuse, efface, grate, obliterate, pare, rasp, raze, scrape, shave), rãzui (abrade, grate, grind, rasp, raze, regrate, scrape, scratch), şterge (abrade, annex, annihilate, annul, blot out, bunk, cancel, clean, cop, crib, decamp, deface, delete, dim, do a bunk, dry, dull, efface, expunge, filch, guy, make away, make off, mop, obliterate, pack off, pack one's traps, pop off, quit, raze, remove, scratch, shrink away, strike out, sweep, vanish, wipe). (various references)

Russian 

стирать (delete, efface, erasing, obliterate, rub, rub out, wash, wear away, wear down, wear off, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipes, zap), выскабливать, изглаживать (rase, raze). (various references)

Sepedi

phumola (to erase). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

brisati (mop, sweep). (various references)

Shona

-dzima (to erase). (various references)

Spanish

borrar (cross out, delete, destroy, dim, efface, expunge, expurgate, obliterate, rub out, scratch, scratch out, strike off, strike out, wipe out, write away, write off, zap). (various references)

Swedish

radera (delete, purge, rub out, withdraw). (various references)

Thai

ลบข้อมูลออกจากคอมพิวเตอร์, ลบ. (various references)

Turkish

temizlemek (bump off, clarify, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear up, decontaminate, depurate, do, do out, excise, expurgate, get rid of, give smth. a sweep, gut, houseclean, mop up, purge, purify, rid, rub out, scavenge, swab down, sweep, swob down, tidy out, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up), silmek (blank, blot out, cancel, cross out, Dele, delete, efface, expunge, forgive, furbish, give smth. a wipe, obliterate, rub down, rub off, rub out, rule out, rule smth. out, strike off, strike out, whisk, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up, write off), silip atmak, kazımak (delete, grave, incise, inscribe, rub, rub out, scrape, scratch, scratch along, scratch out, stamp, strip), öldürmek (assassinate, bump off, carry off, croak, cut down, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do one's job for one, drop, exterminate, get, get rid of, give smb. his quietus, ice, kill, kill off, knock off, knock out, liquidate, make away with, murder, off, put away, put down, put to death, rub out, send to glory, shoot, shoot dead, slay, take off, take smb.'s life, waste, wipe out, zap). (various references)

Turkmen 

bozmak (ruin). (various references)

Ukranian 

стирати (abrade, cancel, chafe, deface, delete, efface, obliterate, rub out, wipe away), викреслювати (black out, blot out, blue pencil, cancel, cross off, cross out, delete, efface, elide, expunge, line out, obliterate, rase, raze, score out, scratch off, scratch out), зіскоблювати (expunge, scrape away, strip off). (various references)

dele, deleam, deleamus, deleant, deleantur, deleas, deleat, deleatur, delebimus, delebis, delebit, delebitque, delebitur, delebo, delebor, delebunt, delebuntur, delendam, delendi, delendos, delens, deleo, delere, delerem, delerent, deleret, deleri, deleta, deletae, deleti, deletis, deleverit, deleverunt, delevi, delevimus, delevit, delevitque, lesem, levi, levistis, levit, lineam, lineas, lini, liniebant, linies, liniretur, liniri, linitionem, liniunt, linivit, lino, linoque, linui, linuit, linunt, lita, litura, litus, perliniens. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "erase": erased, eraser, erasers, erases. (additional references)

Words ending with "erase": acetylcholinesterase, aminotransferase, anticholinesterase, cholinesterase, epimerase, esterase, isomerase, luciferase, pectinesterase, phosphodiesterase, phosphomonoesterase, polymerase, pseudocholinesterase, transferase. (additional references)

Words containing "erase": acetylcholinesterases, aminotransferases, anticholinesterases, cholinesterases, copperases, epimerases, esterases, isomerases, luciferases, pectinesterases, phosphodiesterases, phosphomonoesterases, polymerases, pseudocholinesterases, transferases, unerased. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Erase" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aase, Arasse, araze, Berjasa, Betrasey, derasa, Earee, eares, earse, easo, egrapsen, Ejazi, Elrose, erac, erace, Eraclea, erade, erane, erasp, erast, erate, Eratex, eraze, Erdsiek, erease, erele, erete, erfsu, ergas, eries, eris, erisee, erish, eroes, eroze, ersa, ersay, ersey, Erste, erus, Esras, evase, irazu, Krase, merawec, Orasje, Persae, rebase, recase, urase. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: saree.

-1 letter: ares, arse, ears, ease, eras, rase, rees, sear, seer, sera, sere.

-2 letters: are, ars, ear, era, ere, ers, ras, ree, res, sae, sea, see, ser.

-3 letters: ae, ar, as, er, es, re.

+1 letter: aeries, agrees, ameers, aretes, averse, crease, eagers, eagres, easier, easter, eaters, erased, eraser, erases, grease, haeres, hearse, larees, leaser, ragees, rakees, ramees, ranees, razees, reales, reaves, resale, reseal, reseat, reseau, reseda, sarees, sealer, seamer, seared, searer, seater, serape, teaser, urease.

+2 letters: acerose, adheres, adverse, aerates, aeriest, aerobes, aethers, afreets, ambeers, amerces, amperes, aperies, arenose, areoles, asperse, austere, bareges, bargees, beakers, bearers, beaters, beavers, berakes, berates, besmear, bewares, careens, careers, caserne, cerates, cereals, cesurae, creased, creaser, creases, creates, dealers, dearest, dearies, debaser, decares, dekares, derates, dragees, drawees, earless, earners, earnest, eastern, easters, ecartes, elaters, endears, enrages, ensnare, erasers, erasure, ergates, escaper, essayer, estreat, evaders, eyebars, faeries, fakeers, fearers, feaster, freesia, galeres, greased, greaser, greases, greaves, hareems, headers, healers, hearers, hearsed, hearses, heaters, heavers, jaegers, laveers, leaders, leakers, leaners, leapers, leasers, leavers, meaners, measure, nearest, oversea, pareses, pleaser, presage, presale, quaeres, racemes, raggees, rappees, reaches, readers, readies, realest, realise, reamers, reapers, rearers, reavers, rebates, recanes, redates, redears, reearns, refaces, regales, regears, reggaes, rehears, reheats, relaces, relapse, relates, relaxes, release, remakes, remates, renames, rennase, repaves, repeals, repeats, reraise, rereads, resales, resawed, rescale, reseals, reseats, reseaus, reseaux, resedas, reshape, reshave, reslate, respace, respade, respeak, restage, restate, retakes, retapes, retaste, retaxes, reteams, retears, reveals, rewakes, rewaxes, roseate, sabered, sclerae, sealers, sealery, seamers, seamier, searest, seaters, seaware, sedater, serapes, serfage, seriate, seriema, serosae, serrate, several, sheared, shearer, smeared, smearer, sneaker, speaker, speared, spearer, stealer, steamer, swearer, sweater, tearers, teasers, tessera, ureases, vealers, weaners, wearers, wearies, weavers, whereas.

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