'Erase' definitions:
Definition of 'erase'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Erase'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'erase'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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