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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Erase

/(ē̇*rās")/ · E·rase · IPA /ɪˈɹeɪs/
01 v. t. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
imp. & p. p. Erased
  1. 1.
    To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.