erase
verb
[ ɪˈreɪz ]
• rub out or remove (writing or marks).
• "graffiti had been erased from the wall"
Similar:
delete,
rub out,
wipe out/off,
cross out,
strike out,
score out,
blot out,
blank out,
scratch out,
scrape off,
cancel,
put a line through,
efface,
expunge,
excise,
remove,
obliterate,
eliminate,
remove all traces of,
censor,
blue-pencil,
redact,
bowdlerize,
dele,
Origin:
late 16th century (originally as a heraldic term meaning ‘represent the head or limb of an animal with a jagged edge’): from Latin eras- ‘scraped away’, from the verb eradere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + radere ‘scrape’.
