Definition of "erase"

erase

/ɪˈɹeɪz/

verb
third-person singular simple present erases, present participle erasing, simple past and past participle erased
1. (transitive) to remove markings or information
2. (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
3. (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
4. (transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
5. (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
6. (transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
  Quotations
  I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality.
  1998, Janice Lynn Ristock, Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out
  As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse.
  2004, Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones, page 209
  Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities.
  2011, Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Indigenous Studies, page 40
  C.J. Henderson has the speed and anticipation to erase receivers all over the field, and his athleticism is absurd; according to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Henderson bench presses 380 pounds and squats 545.
  2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time‎
7. (transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate.
noun
plural erases
1. (computing) The operation of deleting data.
  Quotations
  This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase.
  2000, Mark D. Hill, Norman P. Jouppi, Gurindar S. Sohi, Readings in Computer Architecture, page 603

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