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
That moment did not erase the past.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 May 2026
In the fifth inning, Yamamoto surrendered back-to-back homers to Harrison Bader and Haase, erasing the Dodgers’ lead.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Light pollution is erasing the night sky for most of the world’s population — and travelers are paying real money to get it back.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
The attempts by the current administration to whitewash or erase certain aspects of American history, especially the horrors of slavery, are powerfully countered by the novel’s investigation of America’s origins and its polyphonic voices.
—Time, 12 May 2026
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 May 2026
In the fifth inning, Yamamoto surrendered back-to-back homers to Harrison Bader and Haase, erasing the Dodgers’ lead.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Light pollution is erasing the night sky for most of the world’s population — and travelers are paying real money to get it back.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
The attempts by the current administration to whitewash or erase certain aspects of American history, especially the horrors of slavery, are powerfully countered by the novel’s investigation of America’s origins and its polyphonic voices.
—Time, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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What’s worse, these wood-destroying insects can be hard to spot and are famously challenging to eradicate.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Teammates don’t want Rushing to eradicate his competitiveness.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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Let’s go down memory lane and recall that the 13th Amendment is abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The Deep is just going through it in this episode, starting with the news that Homelander is abolishing the Seven.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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Onions can be used as a companion plant to carrots to keep away the destructive carrot fly, a pest that can stunt the growth of carrots and even destroy entire plantings.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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If an Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or destroyed, entrant’s sole remedy shall be another entry into the Sweepstakes.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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