erase

verb

1. (transitive)To remove (markings or information).

   “I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.”

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

   “I'm going to erase those files.”

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

   “The chalkboard erased easily.”

   “The files will erase quickly.”

6. (transitive)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. (slang, transitive)To kill; assassinate.

noun

1. The operation of deleting data.

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