Erase Meaning
/ɪˈɹeɪs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo remove (markings or information).
verbTo obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
Sentence Examples
He wishes to erase bad memories.
The typist tried to erase the error.
I tried to erase the memory of her crying.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Please ____ the whiteboard completely before the next lecture begins.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You can use the pencil's rubber tip to ____ any mistakes you make on the paper.
Word Origin & History
From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"C.J. Henderson has the speed and anticipation to erase receivers all over the field, and his athleticism is absurd; according to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Henderson bench presses 380 pounds and squats 545."
— 2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020:
"I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality."
— 1998, Janice Lynn Ristock, Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out:
"As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse."
— 2004, Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones, page 209:
"Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities."
— 2011, Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Indigenous Studies, page 40:
"This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase."
— 2000, Mark D. Hill, Norman P. Jouppi, Gurindar S. Sohi, Readings in Computer Architecture, page 603:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please ____ the whiteboard completely before the next lecture begins.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You can use the pencil's rubber tip to ____ any mistakes you make on the paper.