as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth
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Recent Examples of erase
That the community meant to support you, instead, is determined to erase you.
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
The doubts over the durability of AI spending — and by extension orders for Nvidia’s latest and greatest chips — won’t be erased overnight.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Her work seeks to push back on the way that Black life is erased from stories of Islam in America—an erasure sometimes done by Muslim Americans themselves, especially from immigrant backgrounds.
—Zahir Janmohamed, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
Aligning with transphobia offers some Black women a sense of proximity to power, a way to assert themselves in a world that often seeks to erase them.
—Laura-Ashley Modunkwu, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
The doubts over the durability of AI spending — and by extension orders for Nvidia’s latest and greatest chips — won’t be erased overnight.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Her work seeks to push back on the way that Black life is erased from stories of Islam in America—an erasure sometimes done by Muslim Americans themselves, especially from immigrant backgrounds.
—Zahir Janmohamed, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
Aligning with transphobia offers some Black women a sense of proximity to power, a way to assert themselves in a world that often seeks to erase them.
—Laura-Ashley Modunkwu, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erase
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Measles is a disease that has been considered largely eradicated in the United states for more than 20 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025
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Measles was declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000 but has resurfaced as vaccination rates have fallen.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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Yet even as years’ worth of political backlash has drowned out calls to defund or abolish forces, perceptions of police shaped by tragedies like George Floyd and Uvalde aren’t so easily forgotten.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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But the administration's efforts to abolish federal agencies authorized by Congress are likely to meet the same fate as their attempts to stiff USAID contractors.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Residents of states that have been impacted by this weekend's storms have posted photos online showing their homes destroyed by the tornadoes, with roofs fallen completely off, walls caved in and debris on lawns.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Taking on the role of a teenage boy named Chrono, players have to travel through time and assemble a team to stop a horrifying creature named Lavos from destroying the world.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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