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erase - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" |
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cancel,
delete make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"
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sponge gather sponges, in the ocean
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cut out,
scratch out cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"
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erase - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" |
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delete |
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record,
tape register electronically; "They recorded her singing"
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take away,
take out take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
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recording,
transcription the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"
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demagnetise,
demagnetize make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship"
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erase - remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" |
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kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
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