erase

1. 1

   To remove (markings or information).transitive

   • 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 storage) to demagnetize.transitive

   • I'm going to erase this tape.
3. 3

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

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

   To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off playtransitive

   • Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.
5. 5

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

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

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

   • 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. 7

   To kill; assassinate.slangtransitive

ant. record

1. 1

   The operation of deleting data.

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