as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of
an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth
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Recent Examples of erased
Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.
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Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But ultimately, the Bills offense stormed back and erased a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter to steal the Week 1 win away from the Ravens.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
For generations, Black and Brown communities have been erased from outdoor narratives, their relationships to land and landscape rendered invisible.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
Stocks reacted little to the release, though Treasury yields erased losses and turned higher.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Overnight, many of those owners saw their wealth erased — their principal assets rendered worthless.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Watch Nyad on Netflix Rustin From the director of 2020's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom comes a long-overdue exploration of a story that has been all but erased from the civil rights movement.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Thomas Saggese sliced San Francisco’s lead to one run with an RBI single, then Jordan Walker erased it entirely with a walk-off, two-run double that deflected off third baseman Matt Chapman’s glove.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Taking over for Chris Murphy, who managed to hold the Diamondbacks to one run in three innings despite walking three men, Slaten promptly erased the lineup’s progress.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But ultimately, the Bills offense stormed back and erased a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter to steal the Week 1 win away from the Ravens.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
For generations, Black and Brown communities have been erased from outdoor narratives, their relationships to land and landscape rendered invisible.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
Stocks reacted little to the release, though Treasury yields erased losses and turned higher.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Overnight, many of those owners saw their wealth erased — their principal assets rendered worthless.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Watch Nyad on Netflix Rustin From the director of 2020's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom comes a long-overdue exploration of a story that has been all but erased from the civil rights movement.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Thomas Saggese sliced San Francisco’s lead to one run with an RBI single, then Jordan Walker erased it entirely with a walk-off, two-run double that deflected off third baseman Matt Chapman’s glove.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Taking over for Chris Murphy, who managed to hold the Diamondbacks to one run in three innings despite walking three men, Slaten promptly erased the lineup’s progress.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erased
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High among their concerns are declining vaccination rates resulting in outbreaks of contagious diseases like pertussis — also known as whooping cough — and measles, a disease the United States declared eradicated in 2000.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Now with the barriers to entry to publishing information largely eradicated by social media and technology, such alliances may not be as immediately essential.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Hadid was commissioned to design it for a fire brigade on the Vitra Campus after a major 1981 fire destroyed most of the complex, which originally consisted of factory buildings but is now a collection of contemporary design and architecture showrooms.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Chinese leader, who assumed the presidency in 2013, abolished term limits in 2018.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 2018, China’s legislature abolished presidential term limits in a ceremonial vote, effectively allowing Xi to rule for life.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Erased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erased. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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