erase

Verb
  1. Remove from memory or existence (synset 200480322)
    "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
    is a type of: kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
    same as: wipe out
  2. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing (synset 201551500)
    "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
    entail: rub - move over something with pressure
    is a type of: cancel, delete - remove or make invisible
    subtypes:
    • sponge - erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
    • cut out, scratch out - strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
    same as: efface, rub out, score out, wipe off
  3. Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information (synset 201001860)
    "Who erased the files from my hard disk?"
    referred to in: recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
    is a type of: take away, take out - take out or remove
    subtypes: demagnetise, demagnetize - erase (a magnetic storage device)
    same as: delete

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