erasing

5 definitions • 8 examples

present participle of

to remove something, especially a pencil mark by rubbing it:

It's in pencil so you can just erase anything that's wrong.

to remove recordings or information from a magnetic tape or disk:

A virus erased my hard disk.

to cause a feeling, memory, or period of time to be completely forgotten:

erase the memory of He is determined to erase the memory of a disappointing debut two years ago.

erase doubts Woods wants a convincing victory to erase doubts about his team's ability to reach the World Cup finals.

One election cannot erase 65 years of a corrupt one-party political process.

to remove or destroy something, especially something that shows that that person or thing ever existed or happened:

The president said NATO expansion would finally erase the boundary line in Europe artificially created by the Cold War.

Years of hard living had blurred but not erased her girlhood beauty.

He was a man of mystery - erased from the history books.