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1. Remove from memory or existence
   - wipe out
    
2. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
   "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
   - rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
    
3. Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
   "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
   - delete

Derived forms: erased, erasing, erases

See also: eraser, erasure

Type of: cancel, delete, kill, take away, take out

Antonym: record

Encyclopedia: Erase