erase

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To remove (markings or information).

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

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

   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. 3

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

   • I'm going to erase those files.
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   1. 4

      To 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.
   2. 5

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

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

      • The chalkboard erased easily.
      • The files will erase quickly.
   3. 6

      To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.)

      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.
      • Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities.
   4. 7

      To kill

      To kill; assassinate.

   5. 8

      The operation of deleting data.

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

The neighborhood

• antonymrecordantonym(s) of “remove markings or information”
• neighborerasure