erase, wipe out
(verb) remove from memory or existence; “The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”
erase, delete
(verb) wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; “Who erased the files from my hard disk?”
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
erase (third-person singular simple present erases, present participle erasing, simple past and past participle erased)
(transitive) to remove markings or information
(transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
(transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
(transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
(transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
(transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate.
• (remove markings or information): record
erase (plural erases)
(computing) The operation of deleting data.
• eares, easer, saree
Source: Wiktionary
E*rase", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased; p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] Etym: [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]
1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
