erase (ɪˈreɪz)
vb
[C17: from Latin
ērādere to scrape off, from ex-
1 +
rādere to scratch, scrape]
over twenty years the last vestiges of a rural economy were erased
the magic of the landscape erased all else from her mind
1. to obliterate or rub out : remove by rubbing, wiping, or scraping. as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface
2. (tr) to destroy all traces of; remove completely:
she couldn't erase the scene from her memory
time erases grief
3. to obliterate (recorded material) from (a recording medium):
she erased the message on the answering machine
I accidentally erased the tape
4. to remove (data) from computer storage:
he erased the data from the hard drive
5. Slang. to murder
v.i.
6. to give way to effacement readily or easily
for KMS
you left us behind