Synonyms of erase

erase

verb

i-ˈrās 

as in to eradicate

to destroy all traces of

an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicate
• abolish
• destroy
• obliterate
• expunge
• efface
• exterminate
• cancel
• annihilate
• wipe out
• liquidate
• sweep (away)
• shatter
• demolish
• blot out
• clean (up)
• extirpate
• stamp (out)
• dismantle
• kill
• ruin
• discard
• root (out)
• snuff (out)
• rub out
• devastate
• flatten
• consume
• ravage
• black out
• dissolve
• decimate
• fragment
• waste
• wreck
• tear down
• smash
• powder
• finish
• eject
• mow (down)
• total
• raze
• terminate
• expel
• dash
• devour
• ditch
• blow up
• excise
• kill off
• oust
• blast
• zap
• pulverize
• doom
• cut
• jettison
• atomize
• throw out
• dynamite
• splinter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protect
• preserve
• save
• create
• conserve
• make
• build
• construct
• form
• shape
• manufacture
• restore
• forge
• fabricate
• reconstruct
• frame
• renew
• rebuild
• fix
• repair
• patch
• fashion
• mend
• renovate
• recondition
• revamp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of erase

Two years after a car crash erased his memory, Owen works the knife at a fishing port in Keelung, Taiwan. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

The wipeout more than erased the market’s gain from the day before, which was its best in three months. — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

The Nasdaq 100, which includes heavyweights such as Tesla and Microsoft, plummeted 6%, erasing more than $2 trillion in value. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026

In an October poll conducted by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by The Times, Bass erased an 11-point gap with Raman. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026