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Meanings of erase in English

Portuguese
deletar
Catalan
esborrar
Spanish
borrar

Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.

      deletar
      Portuguese
      matar
      Catalan
      esborrar
      Spanish
      liquidar

      Remove from memory or existence.

            matar
            Usage of erase in English
            1
            It's an attitudinal problem that time alone would of course help erase.
            The Irish Times
            2
            They erase our memory of grassroots power, direct democracy and civil society.
            The Guardian
            3
            Kaczynski had not considered that a future technology would erase his deeds.
            Engineering Infinity
            4
            But Obama's Afghanistan troop increase is likely to erase those cost savings.
            Reuters
            5
            It also said it planned to erase losses at its transport division.
            Reuters
            6
            But the friendship couldn't quite erase vast differences in background and education.
            The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
            7
            Bush has managed to erase D's substantial lead of earlier this summer.
            The new yorker
            8
            We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history.
            The 5 love languages: the secret to love that lasts
            9
            Allahyari hopes to preserve a part of history extremists wish to erase.
            Wired
            10
            Justin said he burned his army uniforms to help erase traumatic memories.
            Reuters
            11
            And maybe erase their servers in the process, just to be certain.
            Earth Unaware
            12
            Should you draw on that home equity to help erase student debts?
            Reuters
            13
            Renewed hopes over the trade talks prompted gold to erase earlier gains.
            Reuters
            14
            Indeed, the psychological sequelae of occupation can take many lifetimes to erase.
            The Irish Times
            15
            Time never can erase the picture as it comes back in memory.
            Sixty Years of California Song
            16
            We must erase the date;-wemust date it from to-day;-to-day-Maltraversreturnsto-day.
            Ernest Maltravers — Volume 08
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            Translations for erase
            Erase through the time
            Erase across language varieties
            United States of America
            Common
            Ireland
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Less common