· remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
Synonym(s): wipe_out
Hypernym(s): kill
· remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
Synonym(s): rub_out, score_out, efface, wipe_off
· wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files from my hard disk?"
Synonym(s): delete
Hypernym(s): take_away, take_out
Antonym(s): record