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
The last caution came when Byron hit the wall in the final laps, erasing Hamlin’s comfortable lead with just three laps remaining around the one-mile Phoenix oval.
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Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
But Israel has continued since then to demolish hundreds of homes and critical civilian infrastructure in what residents see as an effort to not just prevent their return but erase their history.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Some critics respond that such an interpretation would erase any meaningful limit on presidential emergency powers – voices that include the conservative Goldwater Institute, the libertarian think-tank Cato Institute, and the left-leaning Brennan Center.
—James Sample, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
For a long time, scientists thought this giant collision erased all signs of what Earth was originally made of.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025
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Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
But Israel has continued since then to demolish hundreds of homes and critical civilian infrastructure in what residents see as an effort to not just prevent their return but erase their history.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Some critics respond that such an interpretation would erase any meaningful limit on presidential emergency powers – voices that include the conservative Goldwater Institute, the libertarian think-tank Cato Institute, and the left-leaning Brennan Center.
—James Sample, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
For a long time, scientists thought this giant collision erased all signs of what Earth was originally made of.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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According to Jaworowski, the technology just doesn’t exist yet to eradicate the need for power generation that can supply energy 24 hours a day.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 2025
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But those remakes are about hive-mind monsters infecting and possessing humans, who valiantly resist but fail to eradicate the threat.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Now abolish property taxes for us that live here.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, individual states can’t decide to abolish the practice without Congressional approval.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Nov. 2025
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Just under two million Palestinians—virtually the entire population of Gaza—have been displaced since October 2023, many repeatedly, and Israeli forces have damaged or destroyed more than 90 percent of homes in the Strip.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Teddy is a conspiracy theorist who believes Michelle is an alien hellbent on destroying Earth.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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