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erased
[
ih-
reys
]
Origin
e·rase
/
ɪˈreɪs
/
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[
ih-
reys
]
Show IPA
verb,
e·rased,
e·ras·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
2.
to eliminate completely:
She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory.
3.
to obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk):
She erased the message.
4.
to obliterate recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk):
He accidentally erased the tape.
5.
Computers
.
to remove (data) from computer storage.
EXPAND
6.
Slang
.
to murder:
The gang had to erase him before he informed on them.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
7.
to give way to effacement readily or easily.
8.
to obliterate characters, letters, markings, etc., from something.
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Erased
is always a great word to know.
So is
ort
. Does it mean:
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gobo
. Does it mean:
So is
doohickey
. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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Origin:
1595–1605;
<
Latin
ērāsus
(past participle of
ērādere
), equivalent to
ē-
e-
+
rāsus
scraped;
see
raze
Related forms
e·ras·a·bil·i·ty,
noun
e·ras·a·ble,
adjective
half-e·rased,
adjective
non·e·ras·a·ble,
adjective
un·e·ras·a·ble,
adjective
EXPAND
un·e·rased,
adjective
un·e·ras·ing,
adjective
COLLAPSE
Can be confused:
erasable,
irascible
.
Synonyms
1.
expunge, obliterate.
See
cancel.
Antonyms
1, 3.
restore.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Word Origin & History
erase
c.1600, from L. erasus, pp. of eradere "scrape out," from ex- "out" + radere "to scrape" (see
raze
). Of magnetic tape, from 1945.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
erase definition
tv.
to kill someone. :
Mr. Gutman decided who was gonna erase who.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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