Sekirov Dictionary

erase

UK /ɪˈɹeɪz/US /ɪˈɹeɪs/

verb 7
noun 1
forms 5

verb7

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to wipe out marks or words so that nothing of them can be seen
- I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.
•
To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- I'm going to erase this tape.
•
To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- I'm going to erase those files.
•
To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
- The chalkboard erased easily.
- The files will erase quickly.
•
To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality. — 1998
(slang) To kill; assassinate.
•
To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.

noun1

•
The operation of deleting data.
- This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase. — 2000

forms

erased · erasing · erases · eraseth · erasest

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