to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.

to eliminate completely

She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory.

to obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk)

She erased the message.

to obliterate recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk)

He accidentally erased the tape.

Computers . to remove (data) from computer storage.

Slang . to murder

The gang had to erase him before he informed on them.

to give way to effacement readily or easily.

to obliterate characters, letters, markings, etc., from something.

verb

add , insert , put in

verb

abolish , annul , black out , blank , blot , blue pencil , cancel , cross out , cut , cut out , delete , disannul , dispatch , efface , eliminate , excise , expunge , extirpate , gut , kill , launder * , negate , nullify , obliterate , scratch out * , stamp out * , strike , strike out , take out , trim , wipe out * , withdraw , x-out , cross , rub , scratch , undo , wipe , x , blot out , clear , eradicate , exterminate , extinguish , liquidate , remove , root , rub out , snuff out , stamp out , uproot , wipe out , de , dele , destroy , neutralize