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erase

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of erase

to destroy all traces of

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

Synonyms of erase

abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe out

Words Related to erase

decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage

dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down

ruin, total, waste, wreck

blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash

atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter

doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap

cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out

Near Antonyms of erase

conserve, preserve, protect, save

build, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape

fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp

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