erase
Mane (English)
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- to remove markings or information
- To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
- To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- (slang) To kill; assassinate.
Synonyms
score out
extirpate
rub away
rase
clear of
to rub out
turn off
rub-out
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ɪˈɹeɪz/
Etîmolojî (English)
In summary
From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.
Vê nîşan bike
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bike
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