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Definition of erase

Overview of verb erase

The verb erase has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (5) erase, wipe out

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

2. erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off

(remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard

3. erase, delete

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