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
Other asteroids that hit land have their craters erased by erosion from rain, growing plants and other natural processes.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Select Restore next to the date before your contact was erased.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
The other database eschews page numbers all together, so there’s literally no way of knowing that the articles—which were once leading articles of the magazines in question—have been erased.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Jan. 2025
On January 1, the Spanish top flight then erased the players from Barca's squad on its official website.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Select Restore next to the date before your contact was erased.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
The other database eschews page numbers all together, so there’s literally no way of knowing that the articles—which were once leading articles of the magazines in question—have been erased.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Jan. 2025
On January 1, the Spanish top flight then erased the players from Barca's squad on its official website.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Israel then vowed to eradicate Hamas and have since devastated the Palestinian territory.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Killing female deer weakens a herd’s ability to grow, and officials thought that thinning out deer herds was the key to eradicating the disease and preserving wild herd health.Sophie Hartley, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2025
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That loophole remained open following the most recent U.S. election, which saw California voters shooting down Proposition 6, which would have abolished prison labor.Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
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So legislation abolishing the department (already written by GOP Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota) would have to pass through budget reconciliation, which lets certain legislation pass with a mere majority in the Senate.Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
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This year, however, will be a much more muted affair, as the Palisades and Eaton Fires have destroyed thousands of homes, killed 25 people and forced more than 150,000 residents to evacuate.Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
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Related article Tracking the damage and devastation from the Los Angeles wildfires in maps As many as 12,000 homes, businesses and other structures may have been destroyed in the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County, rendering entire communities ashen piles of rubble.Dakin Andone, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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