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ERASE

erase, wipe out - v 
remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" 

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Synonyms

abolish, delete, eliminate, expunge, negate, obliterate, wipe out, annul, blank, blot, cancel, cut, dispatch, efface, excise, extirpate, gut, kill, launder, nullify, strike, trim, withdraw

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Examples

Dusty didn't know if a few months of Darian having his own mind back were enough to erase thousands of years under the control of another.

Idea Paint - Idea Paint offers a spin on the chalkboard paint theme with paint that turns your walls into a dry erase board.

It's easy to carry in your purse and handy for quick touch ups to erase that unwanted shine brought about by oily skin.

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Etymology

c. 1600, from Latin erasus, past participle of eradere "scrape out, scrape off, shave; abolish, remove," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + radere "to scrape" (see raze (v.)). Of magnetic tape, from 1945. Related: Erased; erasing.

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