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