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
While some of us wear them as a badge of honor, others use various methods to try to erase them.
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New Atlas, 24 July 2025
The phone has Photo Assist (moves or erases background objects), Portrait Studio (cleans up photos), and Suggest Edit (phone automatically selects and erases background distractions).
—PC Magazine, 22 July 2025
Rainfall, Flooding, and Cold Of course the other big story in Alone Africa was that the balmy and dry conditions were completely erased by a major storm, which dumped inches of rain on the desert and flooded out some of the survivalists, specifically Baha and Kelsey.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 July 2025
By early June, the site had erased all traces of the novel.
—James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
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New Atlas, 24 July 2025
The phone has Photo Assist (moves or erases background objects), Portrait Studio (cleans up photos), and Suggest Edit (phone automatically selects and erases background distractions).
—PC Magazine, 22 July 2025
Rainfall, Flooding, and Cold Of course the other big story in Alone Africa was that the balmy and dry conditions were completely erased by a major storm, which dumped inches of rain on the desert and flooded out some of the survivalists, specifically Baha and Kelsey.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 July 2025
By early June, the site had erased all traces of the novel.
—James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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Screwworms were eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s, but have been know to reemerge occasionally.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 July 2025
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Israel retaliated and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to eradicate Hamas.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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The poem became an anthem for abolishing convict labor in Florida.—
Time,
Time,
17 July 2025
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Those who call for abolishing ICE or halting deportations rarely grapple with what that would actually mean: open borders in all but name.—
Robert W Hood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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In return, he was allowed to effectively destroy a nature site of great conservation value.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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When the Silver Surfer arrives in New York to destroy the final teleportation tower, Johnny plays those traumatic recordings over speakers in Earth-828's version of Times Square, hoping to appeal to her empathy.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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