Associations to the word «Erase»

Wiktionary

ERASE, verb. (transitive) to remove markings or information
ERASE, verb. (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
ERASE, verb. (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
ERASE, verb. (transitive) (baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
ERASE, verb. (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
ERASE, verb. (transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.

Dictionary definition

ERASE, verb. Remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915".
ERASE, verb. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!".
ERASE, verb. Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne