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
Alignment means honoring difference, not erasing it.
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Several minutes later, the call was overturned, erasing a key runner.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Nail polish remover: Use a small amount of nail polish remover on a cotton ball to erase scuffs.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Several minutes later, the call was overturned, erasing a key runner.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Nail polish remover: Use a small amount of nail polish remover on a cotton ball to erase scuffs.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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Davis has partnered with multiple programs to eradicate childhood hunger in the U.S. and recently launched the Davis-Tennon Foundation.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
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Vaccines eradicated smallpox and dramatically reduced infant deaths from measles, tuberculosis, whooping cough, and tetanus.—
Kelsey Piper,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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Lethal injection is the only method of execution after firing squads were abolished in 2011.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 June 2025
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Beginning in the 1950s, between 20 million and 25 million households gained ownership of plots of land through the government’s scheme to abolish the colonial-era zamindari system of tax-collecting landlords.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Kanye West fired multiple PR firms before his antisemitic meltdowns destroyed billion-dollar partnerships with Adidas and Gap.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Indeterminate numbers of casualties have occurred in both Iran and Israel, though Israel's intentions to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities may require U.S. artillery aid in the form of multi-ton bunker buster bombs.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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