Skip to content

erase

/ɪˈɹeɪs/verb2 syllables

Erase means: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.

Synonyms for erase6

verb, as in remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

rub out, score out, efface, wipe off

verb, as in remove from memory or existence

wipe out

verb, as in wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

Opposites of erase

What does erase mean?3

verb

1

remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing“Please erase the formula on the blackboard — it is wrong!”

2

remove from memory or existence“The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”

3

wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information“Who erased the files from my hard disk?”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with erase?19

Show 40 near rhymes

Erase in a sentence

  • If a sentence doesn't sound natural, simply erase it from the list.unknown
  • It's written in pencil, so you can erase it.CK
  • By wiping the board, he erased my name.tieguy
  • I tried to erase the memory of her crying.CM
  • Erase to the start of discourse or text; drop the subject or start over.nonong
  • Nature is beginning to erase all evidence of men in the region.OsoHombre
  • He used a piece of paper to erase the whiteboard.Amastan
  • He used his sleeve to erase the whiteboard.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of erase

as a verb

past tense
erased
present participle
erasing
third-person singular
erases
past participle
erased