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
Right-hander Jason Adam erased a one-out walk with an inning-ending double play in the eighth and Miller struck out a batter in a scoreless ninth for his fifth save.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead, all three major indexes — the S&P 500, Nasdaq composite and Dow Jones industrial average — erased their declines and closed higher yesterday.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
Unsurprisingly, the energy sector was the worst performing sector in the day, and the State Street Energy Select ETF (XLE) has now erased all its Iran war gains.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
That last excuse had been erased.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead, all three major indexes — the S&P 500, Nasdaq composite and Dow Jones industrial average — erased their declines and closed higher yesterday.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
Unsurprisingly, the energy sector was the worst performing sector in the day, and the State Street Energy Select ETF (XLE) has now erased all its Iran war gains.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
That last excuse had been erased.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.—
Dr. Patricia Richard,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
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Without widespread vaccine adherence, illnesses that were once eradicated can make a return.—
Sukhman Rekhi,
Verywell Health,
13 Apr. 2026
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His platform includes defending science and abolishing ICE and the Electoral College.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Defunding police is as dumb as abolishing ICE.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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All the State Forensic Authority’s DNA analysis labs were looted and destroyed in the fighting.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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But now with factories, energy facilities, bridges and railways destroyed—leaving many Iranians unemployed—conditions have gotten worse.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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