Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Italic *razdō
Latin radō
Latin ērādō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin ērāsusder.
English erase
From Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.
Meanings
The operation of deleting data.
This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase. 2000, Mark D. Hill, Norman P. Jouppi, Gurindar S. Sohi, Readings in Computer Architecture, page 603:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Italic *razdō
Latin radō
Latin ērādō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin ērāsusder.
English erase
From Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.
Meanings
(transitive) To remove (markings or information).
I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.
(transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
I'm going to erase this tape.
(transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
I'm going to erase those files.
(transitive) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
C.J. Henderson has the speed and anticipation to erase receivers all over the field, and his athleticism is absurd; according to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Henderson bench presses 380 pounds and squats 545. 2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020:
Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.
(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
The chalkboard erased easily.
The files will erase quickly.
(transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities. 2011, Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Indigenous Studies, page 40:
As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse. 2004, Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones, page 209:
I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality. 1998, Janice Lynn Ristock, Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out:
(slang, transitive) To kill; assassinate.
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record (antonym(s) of “remove markings or information”)
nl uitgummen (to remove markings or information) · tl burahin (to remove markings or information) · de ausradieren (to remove markings or information) · hu törlődik (intransitive: to be erased) · ms memadamkan (to remove markings or information) · ru стере́ть (to remove markings or information) · tr silmek (to remove markings or information) · nb fjerne (to remove markings or information) · de auslöschen (to remove markings or information) · io efacar (to remove markings or information) · ota قازیمق (to obliterate information) · cmn 擦去 (to remove markings or information) · it eliminare (to remove markings or information) · hu kitöröl (to obliterate information) · sq fshi (to obliterate information) · pt apagar (to obliterate information) · mi kōmuru (to obliterate information) · vi xóa (to remove markings or information) · ca esborrar (to remove markings or information) · hu letöröl (to obliterate information) · bg изтривам (to remove markings or information) · gd dubh às (to clear a storage medium) · de ausschalten (to remove a runner) · ru стере́ть (to obliterate information) · de reinigen (to clear a storage medium) · pl zetrzeć (to remove markings or information) · gd dubh às (to obliterate information) · eo forigi (to remove markings or information) · uk стира́ти (to remove markings or information) · pl ścierać (to remove markings or information) · fi pyyhkiä yli (to remove markings or information) · ba юйыу (to clear a storage medium) · fr effacer (to remove markings or information) · mi kōmuru (to clear a storage medium) · gd dubh às (to remove markings or information) · ro șterge (to remove markings or information) · ang dilegian (to remove markings or information) · ga glan (to obliterate information) · cs vymazat (to obliterate information) · es borrar (to clear a storage medium) · mr खोडणे (to remove markings or information) · mi ūkui (to obliterate information) · es borrar (to obliterate information) · sq fshi (to remove markings or information) · pt deletar (to clear a storage medium) · eo viŝi (to clear a storage medium) · nb radere (to remove markings or information) · ota قازیمق (to remove markings or information) · pl wymazywać (to remove markings or information) · nl uitwissen (to remove markings or information) · da slette (to obliterate information) · hu kitöröl (to remove markings or information) · el σβήνω (to remove markings or information) · nb radere vekk (to remove markings or information) · mi muku (to obliterate information) · fi pyyhkiytyä (intransitive: to be erased) · ar مَحَى (to remove markings or information) · ja 消去する (to remove markings or information) · ar اِنْمَحَى (intransitive: to be erased) · fi poistaa (to remove a runner) · sv utplåna (to remove markings or information) · ja 消す (to remove markings or information) · sk vymazať (to remove markings or information) · fr effacer (to clear a storage medium) · de tilgen (to remove markings or information) · bg изтривам (to obliterate information) · ml മായ്ക്കുക (to remove markings or information) · chr ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ (to remove markings or information) · fr s'effacer (intransitive: to be erased) · da slette (to clear a storage medium) · tl bura (to remove markings or information) · pt excluir (to clear a storage medium) · ru стере́ть (to clear a storage medium) · de löschen (to clear a storage medium) · gd dubh a-mach (to remove markings or information) · mi kōmuru (to remove markings or information) · sv radera (to clear a storage medium) · arz محى (to remove markings or information) · fo strika (to clear a storage medium) · de löschen (to obliterate information) · ta அழி (to remove markings or information) · ary محى (to remove markings or information) · fr effacer (to obliterate information) · de löschen (to remove markings or information) · uk сте́рти (to remove markings or information) · pl wymazać (to remove markings or information) · fi pyyhkiä (to clear a storage medium) · tr silmek (to clear a storage medium) · bg изтривам (to clear a storage medium) · cs smazat (to obliterate information) · ba юйылыу (intransitive: to be erased) · fo viska (to remove markings or information) · cs smazat (to remove markings or information) · ru стира́ть (to clear a storage medium) · es borrarse (intransitive: to be erased) · da fjerne (to remove markings or information) · hu töröl (to clear a storage medium) · be сціра́ць (to remove markings or information) · sv utplåna (to obliterate information) · la oblitterō (to obliterate information) · de vernichten (to obliterate information) · hu letöröl (to clear a storage medium) · nb radere bort (to remove markings or information) · da viske (to remove markings or information) · hu töröl (to remove markings or information) · da slette (to remove markings or information) · hu töröl (to obliterate information) · ga scrios (to remove markings or information) · ru стира́ть (to obliterate information) · yi מעקן (to remove markings or information) · mk избрише (to remove markings or information) · nb radere ut (to remove markings or information) · sv radera (to remove markings or information) · la oblitterō (to remove markings or information) · ga léirscrios (to clear a storage medium) · pt apagar (to remove markings or information) · fi poistaa (to clear a storage medium) · ar مَحَا (to remove markings or information) · mt maħħa (to remove markings or information) · yi אויסמעקן (to remove markings or information) · ko 지우다 (to remove markings or information) · nb slette (to remove markings or information) · gd dubh a-mach (to clear a storage medium) · ba юйыу (to remove markings or information) · sk vymazávať (to remove markings or information) · be сце́рці (to remove markings or information) · cs vymazat (to remove markings or information) · it cancellare (to obliterate information) · mi muku (to remove markings or information) · hi मिटाना (to remove markings or information) · hu kiradíroz (to remove markings or information) · ba юйыу (to obliterate information) · es borrar (to remove markings or information) · ru стира́ть (to remove markings or information) · fi pyyhkiä (to obliterate information) · de leeren (to clear a storage medium) · nb viske (to remove markings or information) · eo viŝi (to obliterate information) · el σβήνω (to obliterate information) · cmn 抹去 (to remove markings or information) · cs vymazat (to clear a storage medium) · cmn 拭除 (to remove markings or information) · it cancellare (to remove markings or information) · ja 抹消する (to obliterate information) · la ērādō (to remove markings or information) · fi poistaa (to remove markings or information) · km លុប (to remove markings or information) · ar اِمَّحَى (intransitive: to be erased) · lt trinti (to remove markings or information) · ur مٹانا (to remove markings or information) · sv radera (to obliterate information) · mi ūkui (to remove markings or information) · cs smazat (to clear a storage medium)