as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth
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Recent Examples of erase
According to court records, officials at the scene erased photos and videos from witnesses’ phones.
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Remember when social media was supposed to erase earned media?
—Nancy Marshall, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Still, the Biden administration erased student loan debt for more than 5 million borrowers through other forgiveness programs.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2025
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Remember when social media was supposed to erase earned media?
—Nancy Marshall, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Still, the Biden administration erased student loan debt for more than 5 million borrowers through other forgiveness programs.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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Screwworms were eradicated from the US by about 1966.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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The Department of Justice eradicated a decades-long civil rights case regarding the desegregation of a Louisiana school district.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The most recent collective bargaining agreement, signed by the players and the league, abolished the college draft and opened the door for every new player to enter the league as a free agent.—
Meg Linehan,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Others, like the Cato Institute, go one step further and suggest FEMA be abolished entirely, replaced by market solutions and state compacts.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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To allow these courts to be destroyed to make pickleball courts is just wrong.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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Black residents had already been moving away because of gentrification before the fires and saw their homes severely damaged or destroyed at higher rates than other groups during the blaze.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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