ERASE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ERASE?

Need another word that means the same as “erase”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “erase” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Erase” are: efface, rub out, score out, wipe off, delete, wipe out, destroy, obliterate, eradicate, abolish, stamp out, quash, do away with, get rid of, remove, dissolve

Erase as a Verb

Definitions of "Erase" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “erase” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Rub out or remove (writing or marks.
• Remove all traces of; destroy or obliterate.
• Remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer's memory.
• Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information.
• Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.
• Remove from memory or existence.

Synonyms of "Erase" as a verb (16 Words)

abolish	Do away with. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia.
delete	Remove (a product, especially a recording) from the catalogue of those available for purchase. The passage was deleted.
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. Their terrier was destroyed after the attack.
dissolve	Close down or dismiss (an assembly or official body. The news dissolved her into tears.
do away with	Get (something) done.
efface	Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. Nothing could efface the bitter memory.
eradicate	Destroy completely; put an end to. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
get rid of	Go through (mental or physical states or experiences.
obliterate	Make invisible or indistinct; conceal or cover. The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.
quash	Put an end to; suppress. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising.
remove	Remove from a position or an office. The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage.
rub out	Cause friction.
score out	Assign a grade or rank to, according to one’s evaluation.
stamp out	Walk heavily.
wipe off	Rub with a circular motion.
wipe out	Rub with a circular motion.

Usage Examples of "Erase" as a verb

• The file has been erased from the hard disk.
• Please erase the formula on the blackboard–it is wrong!
• The tape could be magnetically erased and reused.
• Over twenty years the last vestiges of a rural economy were erased.
• The magic of the landscape erased all else from her mind.
• Who erased the files from my hard disk?
• The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915.
• Graffiti had been erased from the wall.

Associations of "Erase" (30 Words)

abolitionism	The doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery.
annihilate	Destroy utterly; obliterate. The stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss.
bowdlerize	Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective. Bowdlerize a novel.
cull	An inferior or surplus livestock animal selected for culling. He sees culling deer as a necessity.
cutout	A switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload.
decimate	Kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group. The man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers.
delete	A command or key on a computer which erases text. The passage was deleted.
edit	Be editor of a newspaper or magazine. The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years.
efface	Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. Nothing could efface the bitter memory.
eject	Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. He put the plane in a nosedive and ejected.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. Let s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics.
elimination	The act of removing or getting rid of something. The elimination of extreme poverty is a key objective.
eradicate	Kill in large numbers. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
erasable	Capable of being effaced. A signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head.
eraser	A piece of soft rubber or plastic used to rub out something written.
excise	Charge excise on goods. The rate of excise duty on spirits.
excision	The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage. Both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause.
exclude	Prevent from entering; shut out. One cannot exclude the possibility of a fall in house prices.
exclusion	The state of being excluded. He had a hand in my exclusion from the committee.
expulsion	The act of forcing out someone or something. A rise in the number of pupil expulsions.
expunge	Obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant. The kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory.
expurgate	Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. Editors heavily expurgated the novel before its initial publication.
extirpate	Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
extirpation	The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
obliterate	Do away with completely, without leaving a trace. The special stamp should be placed on the left hand side and not be used to obliterate the postage stamp.
remove	Remove something concrete as by lifting pushing or taking off or remove something abstract. Exchange controls have finally been removed.
riddance	The act of forcing out someone or something. The new movement emphasized discipline not riddance or punishment as a method of solving the criminal problem.
rub	Make dry clean or smooth by rubbing. Rub oil into her skin.
scratch	A technique used especially in rap music of stopping a record by hand and moving it back and forwards to give a rhythmic scratching effect. I found two names scratched on one of the windowpanes.
uproot	Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment. My father travelled constantly and uprooted his family several times.