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
Early in the story, a mysterious plague descends on the town, causing insomnia and erasing memories.
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Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
By Quispe López May 12, 2025 Conservative lawmakers have spent much of the 2020s making life for transgender people absolute hell across the U.S. with bills, laws, and executive orders that seek to erase us from public life.
—Quispe López, Them., 12 May 2025
The Yankees put themselves up 6-4 with a five-run sixth, but that lead was quickly erased after some catchable balls off the bats of Brent Rooker and Tyler Soderstrom fell near Jasson Domínguez and Trent Grisham in the seventh.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Every February, Dresden seeks to commemorate the Allied bombing attack in 1945 that essentially erased the city.
—Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
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Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
By Quispe López May 12, 2025 Conservative lawmakers have spent much of the 2020s making life for transgender people absolute hell across the U.S. with bills, laws, and executive orders that seek to erase us from public life.
—Quispe López, Them., 12 May 2025
The Yankees put themselves up 6-4 with a five-run sixth, but that lead was quickly erased after some catchable balls off the bats of Brent Rooker and Tyler Soderstrom fell near Jasson Domínguez and Trent Grisham in the seventh.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Every February, Dresden seeks to commemorate the Allied bombing attack in 1945 that essentially erased the city.
—Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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Guy Gooder, a graphic designer and the district’s community service project chair, said Edwards did not stick to the topic he was given and insulted the Rotarians by attacking federal agencies the organization works closely with to eradicate polio.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2025
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After initially eradicating chickweed plants, revisit the area weekly with a hoe to scuffle out seedlings that pop up.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 May 2025
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More news to know now The acting FEMA administrator was replaced after contradicting Trump on abolishing the agency.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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In February 1987, Sir Joseph Cantley found the club and county council, by then abolished, two-thirds and one-third responsible.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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At least 144 structures were destroyed and parts of Highway 44 were shut down, said St. Louis County Sheriff Gordon Ramsay.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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In order to retrieve the original source code of the Entity and destroy it, Hunt has to risk life and limb and dive into icy arctic waters to a sunken Soviet submarine teetering 500 feet underwater.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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