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
Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 in Game 1 on Wednesday night.
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Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Its history, however, must not be erased.
—Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
The run erased a 14-7 Knicks start.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
The Knicks erased a fourteen-point Spurs lead in the third quarter and then surged ahead in the fourth, led once again by the New Yorker cover star Jalen Brunson, who added to his legend with a flurry of clutch jumpers in the final minutes.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Suzuki’s solo homer in the second and Crow-Armstrong’s two-run homer in the third quickly erased the A’s 2-0 lead.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
The Fay’s parking problems provide an early test of a 2022 statewide law that erased parking requirements on housing developments within a half mile of a major public transit stop.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The defensive improvement Adell has made isn’t erased by one gaffe.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Years of screen time and digital overload have not erased that need.
—Alana Sandel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Its history, however, must not be erased.
—Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
The run erased a 14-7 Knicks start.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
The Knicks erased a fourteen-point Spurs lead in the third quarter and then surged ahead in the fourth, led once again by the New Yorker cover star Jalen Brunson, who added to his legend with a flurry of clutch jumpers in the final minutes.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Suzuki’s solo homer in the second and Crow-Armstrong’s two-run homer in the third quickly erased the A’s 2-0 lead.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
The Fay’s parking problems provide an early test of a 2022 statewide law that erased parking requirements on housing developments within a half mile of a major public transit stop.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The defensive improvement Adell has made isn’t erased by one gaffe.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Years of screen time and digital overload have not erased that need.
—Alana Sandel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erased
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The New World screwworm had been declared eradicated in the US decades ago, thanks to efforts such as the breeding of sterile flies, awareness campaigns and efforts to control the pest in foreign countries.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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With this method, called Sterile Insect Technique, the flies were eradicated not just from the US, but from all of Central America.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
Verb
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More people know about the kafala system, which exploited the migrant workers who built the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup; this was technically abolished in 2017, but workers’ rights issues there remain.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
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Code Noir became toothless when France abolished slavery in 1848, but no one ever formally struck it from the books.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed more than 350 Ukrainian drones over territories both close to the border but also as further afield as Moscow, St Petersburg, and Novgorod in the country’s west, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Twelve people were killed, including two young boys, in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a four-story apartment building was partially destroyed, local officials said.—
Valentyn Ogirenko,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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“Erased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erased. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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