Synonyms of erases

erases

verb

present tense third-person singular of erase

as in eradicates

to destroy all traces of

an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicates
• abolishes
• destroys
• obliterates
• effaces
• cancels
• annihilates
• shatters
• exterminates
• expunges
• demolishes
• stamps (out)
• liquidates
• wipes out
• sweeps (away)
• roots (out)
• cleans (up)
• blots out
• kills
• dismantles
• ravages
• extirpates
• discards
• blacks out
• snuffs (out)
• decimates
• flattens
• consumes
• devastates
• ruins
• dissolves
• rubs out
• smashes
• devours
• wastes
• ejects
• dashes
• wrecks
• fragments
• totals
• terminates
• expels
• dooms
• atomizes
• pulverizes
• mows (down)
• finishes
• zaps
• tears down
• razes
• ditches
• blasts
• jettisons
• excises
• ousts
• powders
• blows up
• kills off
• splinters
• cuts
• throws out
• dynamites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• preserves
• saves
• creates
• conserves
• makes
• builds
• manufactures
• forms
• constructs
• shapes
• restores
• forges
• frames
• reconstructs
• renews
• repairs
• fashions
• fabricates
• fixes
• rebuilds
• renovates
• reconditions
• mends
• revamps
• patches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of erases

The other serves as the president and CEO of Undue Medical Debt, the only nonprofit that acquires and erases medical debt for those most burdened. —Allison Sesso, STAT, 20 Feb. 2026

Food and drink The casual, open-plan kitchen erases the divide between Sussurro’s chefs and guests, inviting collaboration and conversation sparked by the display of fresh produce harvested straight from the on-site garden or sourced from organic farmers’ markets. —Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026

The second annual Jambaloo erases that notion. —Thor Christensen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026

His job isn’t to get Giannis to the playoffs this season; his job is to wipe the slate clean and procure a trade package that erases the sins of the last half-decade (all in pursuit of a second Bucks title) and also secure the next decade-plus of Bucks basketball. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026

But statistically equalizing these parameters effectively erases some of the benefits of exercise! —Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026

Nothing about the vote, of course, erases what Belichick accomplished on the field. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026

Its jade is carved by small family workshops in Asia, where techniques are passed down rather than outsourced or rushed, preserving cultural knowledge that fast production often erases. —Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

Commutation only reduces the punishment for a crime, whereas a full pardon erases a conviction. —Alexander Lowie, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025