Erase Definition

ĭ-rās

erased, erases, erasing

verb

erased, erases, erasing

To rub, scrape, or wipe out (esp. written or engraved letters); efface; expunge.

Webster's New World

To remove (something recorded) from (magnetic tape)

Webster's New World

To remove (data) from a computer storage device.

Webster's New World

To remove any sign of; obliterate, as from the mind.

Webster's New World

To kill.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Erase

From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”)

From Wiktionary
Latin ērādere ērās- to scratch out ē-, ex- ex- rādere to scrape rēd- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition