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