transitive verb erased, erasing
- to rub, scrape, or wipe out (esp. written or engraved letters); efface; expunge
- to remove (something recorded) from (magnetic tape)
- to remove any sign of; obliterate, as from the mind
- to remove (data) from a computer storage device
- Slang to kill
Origin:
< L erasus, pp. of eradere, to scratch out < e-, out + radere, to scrape, scratch: see rat