erase

[ ih-reys ]
/ ɪˈreɪs /

verb (used with object), e·rased, e·ras·ing.

verb (used without object), e·rased, e·ras·ing.

to give way to effacement readily or easily.
to obliterate characters, letters, markings, etc., from something.

Origin of erase

1595–1605; < Latin ērāsus (past participle of ērādere), equivalent to ē- e-1 + rāsus scraped; see raze

SYNONYMS FOR erase

1 expunge, obliterate.

ANTONYMS FOR erase

1, 3 restore.

synonym study for erase

1. See cancel.

OTHER WORDS FROM erase

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH erase

erasable irascible

Words nearby erase

er rif, era, eradiate, eradicable, eradicate, erase, eraser, erasing head, erasion, erasistratus, erasmian

British Dictionary definitions for erasable

erase
/ (ɪˈreɪz) /

verb

to obliterate or rub out (something written, typed, etc)
(tr) to destroy all traces of; remove completely time erases grief
to remove (a recording) from (magnetic tape)
(tr) computing to replace (data) on a storage device with characters representing an absence of data

Derived forms of erase

erasable, adjective

Word Origin for erase

C17: from Latin ērādere to scrape off, from ex- 1 + rādere to scratch, scrape