erase

Verb

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 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.

4. 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.

5. 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. 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.

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

7. 7

   SlangTo kill; assassinate.

Substantiv

1. 1

   The operation of deleting data.

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

Formen

Plural

erases

Präteritum

erased

Partizip II

erased

Partizip I

erasing

3. Person Singular

erases