1. (

• erase ,
• wipe_out ,

) remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" ;

2. (

• erase ,
• rub_out ,
• score_out ,
• efface ,
• wipe_off ,

) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard;

3. (

• erase ,
• delete

) wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files from my hard disk?" ;