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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. (recording) wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
   "Who erased the files from my hard disk?";
   - delete

Derived forms: erasing, erases, erased

See also: rub

Type of: cancel, delete, fish out [informal], kill, take away, take out

Encyclopedia: Erase