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
The governor essentially signed a law last year erasing us from Colorado history.
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Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
The slate is wiped clean, all marked erased other than that there is no justice.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Officials erased last year’s gap by gutting the county’s capital projects budget and trimming 190 mostly vacant jobs from its workforce, among other cuts.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Miami erased a 2-0 first-inning deficit with three runs in the bottom half.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
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Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
The slate is wiped clean, all marked erased other than that there is no justice.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Officials erased last year’s gap by gutting the county’s capital projects budget and trimming 190 mostly vacant jobs from its workforce, among other cuts.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Miami erased a 2-0 first-inning deficit with three runs in the bottom half.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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Armed with a forestry degree from Yale, Leopold was tasked with running a program to eradicate wolves and mountain lions in New Mexico and Arizona.—
Mark VanderSchaaf,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2026
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Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only countries where polio has not been eradicated, according to the World Health Organization.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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The Republican Party was then in a state of relative emergency—the Civil War had been won and slavery had been abolished, but Black Americans in the South were still subject to terrorism and intimidation, while whites in the North had shown resistance to the idea of Black suffrage.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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After months of shutdown fights, bipartisan condemnation, and calls to abolish ICE entirely, the last thing the administration may want is another headline.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
18 May 2026
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The fire destroyed two structures — a cabin and an equipment shed — and forced the evacuation of 11 National Park Service employees, who were rescued by a Santa Barbara County Fire Department helicopter.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Covers personal property used to secure a loan as collateral if it's destroyed.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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