erase

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

erase [erase erases erased erasing] BrE [ɪˈreɪz] NAmE [ɪˈreɪs] verb
1. to remove sth completely
•~ sth She tried to erase the memory of that evening.
•~ sth from sth All doubts were suddenly erased from his mind.
•You cannot erase injustice from the world.
2. ~ sth to make a mark or sth you have written disappear, for example by rubbing it, especially in order to correct it
•He had erased the wrong word.
•All the phone numbers had been erased.
•The tide had erased the footprints.
3. ~ sth to remove a recording from a tape or information from a computer's memory
•Parts of the recording have been erased.
•He had erased more than 5 000 files from the memory of his computer.
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Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (originally as a heraldic term meaning ‘represent the head or limb of an animal with a jagged edge’): from Latin eras- ‘scraped away’, from the verb eradere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + radere ‘scrape’.

Example Bank:
•These people have been virtually erased from the history book.
•They are determined to erase the bad memories of last year's defeats.
•This event has been effectively erased from written records.
•All doubts were suddenly erased from his mind.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  delete, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off, wipe out
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  record, tape