Verb

• S: (v) erase (erase%2:30:00::), wipe out (wipe_out%2:30:03::) (remove from memory or existence) "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
• S: (v) erase (erase%2:35:00::), rub out (rub_out%2:35:00::), score out (score_out%2:35:00::), efface (efface%2:35:00::), wipe off (wipe_off%2:35:01::) (remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing) "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
• S: (v) erase (erase%2:32:00::), delete (delete%2:32:00::) (wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information) "Who erased the files from my hard disk?"