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
Failing to seize the narrative, the authorities shifted course and began erasing the record from public memory.
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Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
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, 4 Oct. 2025
Crude concerns The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) is on track for its worst week since late June, erasing last week’s gains.
—Adrian Van Hauwermeiren, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
Later in the game, Mitchell was flagged for holding on a 53-yard Jonathan Taylor touchdown run, erasing that score.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
China’s powerful internet censors have long been known for erasing political dissent, vitriol against the Communist Party leadership, and mention of sensitive historical events.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Where Black people are concerned, AI continues the same trajectory of extraction—erasing Black aesthetics in its algorithms while simultaneously exploiting African people, culture, and resources to exist.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
The Dodgers also own the tiebreaker, putting San Diego at even longer odds of erasing that deficit.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
What To Know Stocks plummeted in morning trading on Wall Street, erasing all S&P 500 gains since Election Day.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
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, 4 Oct. 2025
Crude concerns The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) is on track for its worst week since late June, erasing last week’s gains.
—Adrian Van Hauwermeiren, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
Later in the game, Mitchell was flagged for holding on a 53-yard Jonathan Taylor touchdown run, erasing that score.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
China’s powerful internet censors have long been known for erasing political dissent, vitriol against the Communist Party leadership, and mention of sensitive historical events.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Where Black people are concerned, AI continues the same trajectory of extraction—erasing Black aesthetics in its algorithms while simultaneously exploiting African people, culture, and resources to exist.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
The Dodgers also own the tiebreaker, putting San Diego at even longer odds of erasing that deficit.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
What To Know Stocks plummeted in morning trading on Wall Street, erasing all S&P 500 gains since Election Day.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erasing
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In July, after FilmLA’s contract was renewed for five more years despite opposition from some local public advocates, a host of measures aimed at streamlining and eradicating bureaucratic hurdles in the film permitting process was approved.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Childhood vaccinations are widely considered effective and safe—eradicating illnesses that once claimed kids’ lives, such as mumps and polio.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the Internet has gone about its immemorial business of destroying all incumbent forms of media; not content with vampirizing print, the digital space began sucking the life from pay-TV a dozen years ago.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Critics say returning the company without meaningful payment undercuts accountability and the compensatory purpose of the judgments; others note trustees and Judge Lopez have to avoid value-destroying, prolonged processes.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The European Parliament has twice called for Yahaya’s release, asking Nigeria to set an example by abolishing the blasphemy laws under which he has been detained for over five years.—
Sean Nelson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Both Biss and Abughazaleh support abolishing ICE, and the winner of their primary will be heavily favored to hold a seat whose voters backed Kamala Harris by 37 points last year.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Erasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erasing. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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