erase

• Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, etwas zu entfernen oder zu tilgen, z. B. Markierungen, Daten oder Erinnerungen.

A verb used to indicate the act of removing or deleting something, such as marks, data, or memories.

1. Remove marks or dataA2formal

   To remove written, drawn, or recorded material, or to delete digital data.

   Löschen

   • She erased the whiteboard with a cloth.
   • He accidentally erased the file from his computer.
   • The teacher asked the student to erase the chalkboard.

   Synonymeblot outcancelcleancross outdeleteeffaceexpungeobliteratepurgeremoverub outscrubstrike outwipe

   Antonymeimprintinscriberecordwrite

2. Obliterate or eliminateB2formal

   To remove all traces of something; to cause something to be forgotten or disappear.

   Auslöschen

   • Time cannot erase the memories of our childhood.
   • The dictator tried to erase all opposition from history.
   • The new development will erase the old neighborhood.

   Synonymeannihilatecanceldeleteeffaceeliminateeradicateexpungeobliteratewipe out

   Antonymecreateestablishinscribepreserverecordretain