as in eradicating
to destroy all traces of
an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth
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Recent Examples of erasing
That has led, in part, to some talk of a salary cap and a potential lockout perhaps erasing the entire 2027 season.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Those revisions could end up erasing nearly all of the gains made in the period.
—Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Chicago won the period 35-29, erasing the deficit and knotting the game at 89 entering the fourth.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
But Shiffrin was slow out of the gate Tuesday, erasing the cushion built by Johnson, who also won gold in the individual downhill event on Sunday.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
The price of bitcoin plunged more than 10% on Thursday, sinking the world's largest cryptocurrency to its lowest level since October 2024 and erasing sizable gains made since then.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
Hank activates the device, erasing his personality from the world and becoming part of something bigger.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
The five-star freshman finished with 19 points (5-14 FG, 3-7 3FG) to lead the Jayhawks, who finished the game on a 14-2 run, erasing a 9-point deficit with less than six minutes remaining.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Those revisions could end up erasing nearly all of the gains made in the period.
—Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Chicago won the period 35-29, erasing the deficit and knotting the game at 89 entering the fourth.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
But Shiffrin was slow out of the gate Tuesday, erasing the cushion built by Johnson, who also won gold in the individual downhill event on Sunday.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
The price of bitcoin plunged more than 10% on Thursday, sinking the world's largest cryptocurrency to its lowest level since October 2024 and erasing sizable gains made since then.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
Hank activates the device, erasing his personality from the world and becoming part of something bigger.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
The five-star freshman finished with 19 points (5-14 FG, 3-7 3FG) to lead the Jayhawks, who finished the game on a 14-2 run, erasing a 9-point deficit with less than six minutes remaining.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erasing
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While the president’s focus seems to be on eradicating African Americans and our contributions from America and its culture, his hate campaign doesn’t stop with African Americans.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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The agency was finding and eradicating cannabis grows in national forests effectively.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Success will be measured by progress toward abolishing property taxes, restoring public trust, improving infrastructure reliability, reducing corruption, and overall approval from the people of Texas.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Authoritarian states have learned to insulate themselves from diaspora pressure while simultaneously using emigration as a safety valve, turning potential dissidents into remittance-senders – as Cuba did by abolishing exit visas in 2013.—
Michael Paarlberg,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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The firestorm ravaged Pacific Palisades and Altadena, killing 31, destroying more than 16,000 structures and contaminating others with toxins and heavy metals.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Special prosecutors indict Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han on charges of abetting Yoon’s imposition of martial law, falsifying and destroying official documents and lying under oath.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Erasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erasing. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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