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Word entry · 5 letters

erase

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"Rub out"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈɹeɪs/Part of speech verbSorted aeersStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remove from memory or existence

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.
  • I'm going to erase this tape.
  • I'm going to erase those files.

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