as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of
an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth
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Recent Examples of erased
Baron, from the Child Abuse Prevention Council, said the county should have been well aware of all that information — and erased her from the list of potential foster parents.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
The number of people facing high levels of hunger in Haiti is expected to drop slightly, according to a new report released Thursday, but officials say the situation remains critical and that any small gains might soon be erased because of soaring oil prices linked to the war in Iran.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
By Michelle Edgar On a stretch of Los Liones Drive where fire once erased entire blocks, one building remained.
—Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
Right-hander Jason Adam erased a one-out walk with an inning-ending double play in the eighth and Miller struck out a batter in a scoreless ninth for his fifth save.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead, all three major indexes — the S&P 500, Nasdaq composite and Dow Jones industrial average — erased their declines and closed higher yesterday.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
Unsurprisingly, the energy sector was the worst performing sector in the day, and the State Street Energy Select ETF (XLE) has now erased all its Iran war gains.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
Disney erased at least 8,000 jobs after D’Amaro’s predecessor, Bob Iger, returned for his second stint as chief executive in November 2022.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
That last excuse had been erased.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
The number of people facing high levels of hunger in Haiti is expected to drop slightly, according to a new report released Thursday, but officials say the situation remains critical and that any small gains might soon be erased because of soaring oil prices linked to the war in Iran.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
By Michelle Edgar On a stretch of Los Liones Drive where fire once erased entire blocks, one building remained.
—Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
Right-hander Jason Adam erased a one-out walk with an inning-ending double play in the eighth and Miller struck out a batter in a scoreless ninth for his fifth save.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead, all three major indexes — the S&P 500, Nasdaq composite and Dow Jones industrial average — erased their declines and closed higher yesterday.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
Unsurprisingly, the energy sector was the worst performing sector in the day, and the State Street Energy Select ETF (XLE) has now erased all its Iran war gains.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
Disney erased at least 8,000 jobs after D’Amaro’s predecessor, Bob Iger, returned for his second stint as chief executive in November 2022.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
That last excuse had been erased.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erased
Verb
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Without widespread vaccine adherence, illnesses that were once eradicated can make a return.—
Sukhman Rekhi,
Verywell Health,
13 Apr. 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,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Hangings were frequent in colonial times, but by the mid-1800s some states had abolished the death penalty altogether.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
13 Apr. 2026
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The prime minister has also pioneered a program to renovate small-town pubs and churches, and has abolished income tax for young mothers who have multiple children.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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While there are no comprehensive studies comparing the environmental impacts of cultivated versus conventional seafood, alternatives like Wildtype could avoid ocean pollution and overfishing, which have caused losses in biodiversity and destroyed the ocean’s resiliency.—
Jaia Clingham-David,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Apr. 2026
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Yutu destroyed 85% of the Saipan campus of Northern Marianas College, said the school's president, Galvin Deleon Guerrero.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Erased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erased. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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