erase

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US /ɪˈreɪs/ UK /ɪˈreɪz/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to remove or rub out; to obliterate

A single keystroke erased the entire file.

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1 verb · to remove or rub out; to... delete obliterate efface expunge cancel removerub out

Opposites

write record inscribe retain

Word family

Derived forms erasererasableerasure

Related forms abrade rase raze

Etymology

From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere 'to scrape out', from e- 'out' + radere 'to scrape, shave'.

eradere Latin radere Latin

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# erase

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ɪˈreɪs
**IPA (UK):** ɪˈreɪz

## Meanings
1. to remove or rub out; to obliterate

## Examples
- A single keystroke erased the entire file.

## Synonyms
- delete
- obliterate
- efface
- expunge
- cancel
- remove
- rub out

## Antonyms
- write
- record
- inscribe
- retain

## Derived Forms
- eraser
- erasable
- erasure

## Related Forms
- abrade
- rase
- raze

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: eradere
- Root: radere

## Etymology
From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere 'to scrape out', from e- 'out' + radere 'to scrape, shave'.

## AI Etymology
Erase is from Latin erasus, past participle of eradere 'to scrape out', from e- 'out' + radere 'to scrape, shave'. Important recorded forms include eradere (Latin) and radere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to remove or rub out; to obliterate. The wider family includes derived forms such as eraser, erasable, and erasure and related words such as abrade, rase, and raze.

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