remove from memory or existence; The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915

[ Syn: wipe out ]

remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!

[ Syn: rub out , score out , efface , wipe off ]

wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; Who erased the files form my hard disk?

[ Syn: delete ]