erase

verb

1. remove from memory or existence; “The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”

   Synonyms

   • wipe out

   Less specific

   • kill

2. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard–it is wrong!”

   Synonyms

   • rub out, score out, efface, wipe off

   Less specific

   • delete, cancel

   More specific

   • sponge, scratch out, cut out

   Entails

   • rub

3. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; “Who erased the files form my hard disk?”

   Synonyms

   • delete

   Antonym

   • record, tape

   Less specific

   • take away, take out

   More specific

   • demagnetize, demagnetise