as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth
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Recent Examples of erase
Mike Trout hit two homers for the Angels, a game-tying two-run blast in the third and then a go-ahead solo shot in the fifth, leading an outburst that helped erase the memory of a blowout loss on Tuesday night.
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Tesla stock dropped nearly 7% on the first trading day after the announcement, erasing about $68 billion in market value for shareholders.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
With progressives boycotting the company since January, foot traffic has dropped nearly 10 percent, and Target’s stock price has slid as much as $27 a share, erasing $12 billion in market value.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
In the second inning, Cameron induced a double play to erase a leadoff walk.
—Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Tesla stock dropped nearly 7% on the first trading day after the announcement, erasing about $68 billion in market value for shareholders.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
With progressives boycotting the company since January, foot traffic has dropped nearly 10 percent, and Target’s stock price has slid as much as $27 a share, erasing $12 billion in market value.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
In the second inning, Cameron induced a double play to erase a leadoff walk.
—Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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The fest was especially significant this year — the 50th anniversary of resettlement in the U.S. by refugees emanating from the Vietnam War, the Secret War in Laos and the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia that attempted to eradicate artists, intellectuals and cultural bearers from society.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Measles was eradicated in the United States 25 years ago.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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While Minnesota abolished the death penalty over a century ago, the federal murder charges carry a maximum penalty of capital punishment.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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Minnesota abolished its state death penalty in 1911.—
Steve Karnowski,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Experts have long assumed that the instrument had been destroyed or lost to history.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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The fire that destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge was burning on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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