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Erase (Verb)

Remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The company tried to erase the scandal from the public's mind by launching a massive PR campaign.
To address the painful past, the therapist encouraged her patient to erase the negative emotions associated with it.
The historian believed that the government's actions were an attempt to erase a part of the country's cultural heritage.
The dictator's regime tried to erase any memory of the opposition leader's accomplishments.
The traumatic event left such a scar that it seemed impossible to erase from the survivor's memory.

Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files from my hard disk?".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The administrator accidentally erased the entire database and had to restore it from a backup.
If you formatted the drive, wouldn't that erase all the data stored on it?
Someone managed to erase the entire system files, which led to a complete system failure.
These powerful magnetic fields can erase the magnetic coding on credit cards.
The company will erase all personal data from their servers after the 30-day trial period ends.

Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong.
She couldn't erase the sharp drawing on the glass window using a cloth.
The teacher asked a student to erase the unneeded marks on the board.
Can you erase the notes on the marker board they're outdated now.
The painter carefully erase the unwanted lines on the canvas to ensure it looked perfect.