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
It wasn’t erased, but it was pushed down.
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
His designer, Milicent Patrick, was erased from the story of the film for nearly 50 years, per NPR, but has since regained her place as the mother of this unforgettable monster.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Bradbury and guards Jared Wilson reached and erased the Browns' linebackers on several snaps, even as backside blockers who kept pursuing tacklers from chasing Henderson or Stevenson down.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Friday’s Game 1 erased the perception of inevitability surrounding the Dodgers.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Puntapalooza for long stretches, blown assignments, endless penalties, all erased by magical fourth quarters.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
But Barkov erased from the entire season is a loss far worse.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Nothing vague or erased by memory here.
—Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
In Florida, the 2023 heat wave erased decades of restoration projects for elkhorn and staghorn corals, including at sites where four years of intensive work had increased coral coverage by about four times.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
His designer, Milicent Patrick, was erased from the story of the film for nearly 50 years, per NPR, but has since regained her place as the mother of this unforgettable monster.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Bradbury and guards Jared Wilson reached and erased the Browns' linebackers on several snaps, even as backside blockers who kept pursuing tacklers from chasing Henderson or Stevenson down.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Friday’s Game 1 erased the perception of inevitability surrounding the Dodgers.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Puntapalooza for long stretches, blown assignments, endless penalties, all erased by magical fourth quarters.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
But Barkov erased from the entire season is a loss far worse.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Nothing vague or erased by memory here.
—Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
In Florida, the 2023 heat wave erased decades of restoration projects for elkhorn and staghorn corals, including at sites where four years of intensive work had increased coral coverage by about four times.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erased
Verb
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The country has also eradicated once-rampant tropical diseases like malaria.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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The New World screwworm was successfully eradicated from the United States in 1966.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But by the end of the 19th century—after slavery was abolished in 1888 and coffee production became further industrialized—Paraty slid into a period of extended decline.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Communism, in its traditional definition, describes a system in which private property is abolished and the means of production are collectively owned, with the goal of creating a classless society.—
Cameron Schoppa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Among them was Eilene Oken, 38, who walked through what used to be her neighbourhood, only to find her home completely destroyed.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Just under two million Palestinians—virtually the entire population of Gaza—have been displaced since October 2023, many repeatedly, and Israeli forces have damaged or destroyed more than 90 percent of homes in the Strip.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Erased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erased. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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