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For a long time, scientists thought this giant collision erased all signs of what Earth was originally made of.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For a long time, scientists thought this giant collision erased all signs of what Earth was originally made of.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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His replacement, Nuno Espirito Santo, is another pragmatist, but West Ham’s performances had been so muddled as to eradicate hope, the nadir being a 2-0 home defeat by Brentford in which the hosts, despite the cost of their squad, already resembled a Championship team.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Organizers are unrolling multiple methods for eradicating these issues in 2026.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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For more than 100 years, enslaved people lived and labored in the colonies, but after the Revolutionary War, northern states eventually abolished most forms of enslavement by the early 1800s, led by Vermont in 1777.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Trump has spent the last week-plus pressuring Republicans to abolish the filibuster to end the government shutdown, now the longest in history, through a simple majority vote in the Senate.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
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So, automation can be used to destroy labor or workers’ power, but it can also be used in the opposite direction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Homes, businesses and synagogues were destroyed.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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