Topic: COMPUTERS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of eradere, from radere 'to rub roughly, scrape' |
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e‧rase S3
[transitive]
[transitive]1TDTD to remove information from a computer memory or recorded sounds from a tape : 
The computer crashed, and all our records were erased.
The computer crashed, and all our records were erased.2 to remove writing from paper : Some of the names had been accidentally erased.
Some of the names had been accidentally erased.3 to get rid of something so that it has gone completely and no longer exists : Their dream is to erase poverty and injustice from the world.
Their dream is to erase poverty and injustice from the world.