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erase

US/ɪˈɹeɪs/ fairly common slang

verb

1.

remove from memory or existence

  • “The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”
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2.

remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

  • “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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Origin

From Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”).

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