as in eradicates
to destroy all traces of
an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth
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Recent Examples of erases
Reducing Zarutska’s cruel and untimely death to racist memes also erases the role that mental health — something that Republicans are happy to bring up whenever a white mass shooter guns down Americans in cold blood — likely played in the ghastly crime.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Something that erases any evidence of itself?
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
While some argue the change erases the brand’s Americana identity and nostalgia, branding experts say the modest update is part of a broader modernization strategy and reflects the tension between preserving tradition and staying relevant.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Think of the chatbots that enrage customers, copy that erases brand voice, email that offends prospects, or sales outreach that overwhelms without engaging.
—Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Some say an entry in the National Education Association’s 2025 handbook promotes a version of history that erases Jews from the Holocaust story.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Something that erases any evidence of itself?
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
While some argue the change erases the brand’s Americana identity and nostalgia, branding experts say the modest update is part of a broader modernization strategy and reflects the tension between preserving tradition and staying relevant.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Think of the chatbots that enrage customers, copy that erases brand voice, email that offends prospects, or sales outreach that overwhelms without engaging.
—Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Some say an entry in the National Education Association’s 2025 handbook promotes a version of history that erases Jews from the Holocaust story.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erases
Verb
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Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
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Producing traditional paper destroys trees and is resource-intensive, requiring up to 13 liters of water for every page made.—
Sandy Ong,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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In those situations, the team typically takes the potentially explosive item to a remote area and destroys it, just to be safe, Putthoff said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Erases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erases. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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