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
Gary Simmons’ Rush, housed at the Cookie Factory in Denver, is an immersive meditation on movement, memory, and what gets erased in the recording of American history.
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Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Jan. 2026
Photograph by Stuart Palley I’m writing on the eve of the anniversary of the fires that flattened my Pacific Palisades neighborhood, all but erased the community of Altadena, and left unhealed scars across Los Angeles.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
The shooter who opened fire at Santana High School nearly 25 years ago, killing two students and injuring 13 others, had his sentence of 50 years to life behind bars erased Tuesday — a ruling that sets him up to be released from prison.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
And the January 6th Oral History Project Act preserves firsthand accounts so the truth of that day can never be erased or rewritten.
—Norma Torres, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
This work matters, especially at a time when Black history is being erased from classrooms and public discourse.
—Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
The best deals can last for years or be erased in a matter of weeks.
—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
For a long time, scientists thought this giant collision erased all signs of what Earth was originally made of.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025
That series erased what had been a promising drive and saw Miami enter halftime down 14-6, helping swing momentum in Baltimore’s favor.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Jan. 2026
Photograph by Stuart Palley I’m writing on the eve of the anniversary of the fires that flattened my Pacific Palisades neighborhood, all but erased the community of Altadena, and left unhealed scars across Los Angeles.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
The shooter who opened fire at Santana High School nearly 25 years ago, killing two students and injuring 13 others, had his sentence of 50 years to life behind bars erased Tuesday — a ruling that sets him up to be released from prison.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
And the January 6th Oral History Project Act preserves firsthand accounts so the truth of that day can never be erased or rewritten.
—Norma Torres, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
This work matters, especially at a time when Black history is being erased from classrooms and public discourse.
—Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
The best deals can last for years or be erased in a matter of weeks.
—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
For a long time, scientists thought this giant collision erased all signs of what Earth was originally made of.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025
That series erased what had been a promising drive and saw Miami enter halftime down 14-6, helping swing momentum in Baltimore’s favor.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erased
Verb
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Spider mites create webs and can be eradicated with miticide spray.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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Just last week, a professor who taught at Harvard for 40 years slammed the school for its ideological homogeneity after finishing his last semester, saying that graduate programs were denying White male applicants on racial grounds and that Western civilization courses were being eradicated.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Quotas related to race and national origin were abolished.—
Anna Storti,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court also abolished proportionality review, which for 50 years allowed judges to probe the circumstances of death cases to protect defendants from the random imposition of the death penalty.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
29 Dec. 2025
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The Palisades fire killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 structures, becoming the third-most destructive fire in state history.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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One year after the Palisades Fire leveled entire neighborhoods and destroyed thousands of homes, one Malibu resident is stepping up to help rebuild his community with his architectural expertise.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Erased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erased. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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