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 erased her place at second place with the first out of the inning.
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Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
Hendricks allowed just two base runners the second time through the batting order and both were erased on 4-6-3 double plays.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2025
There is some recency bias; an ending like Friday’s can erase the issue of going 0-for-12 (with two walks) through four innings.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
That’s all well and good, but how does that erase what happened back in ’78?
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2025
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Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
Hendricks allowed just two base runners the second time through the batting order and both were erased on 4-6-3 double plays.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2025
There is some recency bias; an ending like Friday’s can erase the issue of going 0-for-12 (with two walks) through four innings.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
That’s all well and good, but how does that erase what happened back in ’78?
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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The species was largely eradicated in Connecticut because of habitat loss and over-trapping by the 1900’s.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
5 Aug. 2025
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Measles, once largely eradicated in the United States, has resurged in unvaccinated communities, with outbreaks reported in states surrounding Wisconsin.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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Even after slavery was abolished, some families who sought to find their kin never did.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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New York state, where Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 state charges, including multiple counts of murder, abolished capital punishment in 2004.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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There were 25 diesel buses that were destroyed per the grant regulations, Young said.—
Harley Walls,
Arkansas Online,
7 Aug. 2025
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But when our home was destroyed, our studio lost, and the war displaced us to Khanyounis’s tent camps, cooking became less about flavor and more about survival.—
Hamada Shaqoura,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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