Hypertext Webster Gateway: "erase"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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