eraseverb/ɪˈɹeɪs/

• 1

  To remove (markings or information).

  • I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.
• 2

  To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

  • I'm going to erase this tape.
• 3

  To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.

  • I'm going to erase those files.
• 4

  ball-gamesbaseballgamesTo remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play

  • Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.
  • C.J. Henderson has the speed and anticipation to erase receivers all over the field, and his athleticism is absurd; according to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Henderson bench presses 380 pounds and squats 545.
• 5

  To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).

  • The chalkboard erased easily.
  • The files will erase quickly.
• 6

  To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.

  • I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality.
  • As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse.
• 7

  slangTo kill; assassinate.

erasenoun/ɪˈɹeɪs/

• 1

  computingengineeringmathematicsThe operation of deleting data.

  • This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase.