erase

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'effacer ou de supprimer quelque chose, par exemple des marques, des données ou des souvenirs.

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.

   Effacer des marques ou des données

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

   Synonymesblot outcancelcleancross outdeleteeffaceexpungeobliteratepurgeremoverub outscrubstrike outwipe

   Antonymesimprintinscriberecordwrite

2. Obliterate or eliminateB2formal

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

   Effacer, éliminer

   • 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.

   Synonymesannihilatecanceldeleteeffaceeliminateeradicateexpungeobliteratewipe out

   Antonymescreateestablishinscribepreserverecordretain