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
Select Restore next to the date before your contact was erased.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
The plunge erased over $35 billion in market value from the Global 500 company.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 7 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, entire issues of other Chinese legal and social science journals have been erased from databases.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 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
In this run, the Ducks erased two two-goal deficits against Edmonton and another against Winnipeg.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
An uptick in play has not erased the team’s hole.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
The former Knicks big man added salt to the wound after his Oklahoma City Thunder erased a 14-point deficit to hand New York a 117-107 loss on Friday night.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
The insult stats that follow this team like a brood of baby ducks were erased after Santos’ kick sailed through the uprights.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
The plunge erased over $35 billion in market value from the Global 500 company.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 7 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, entire issues of other Chinese legal and social science journals have been erased from databases.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 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
In this run, the Ducks erased two two-goal deficits against Edmonton and another against Winnipeg.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
An uptick in play has not erased the team’s hole.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
The former Knicks big man added salt to the wound after his Oklahoma City Thunder erased a 14-point deficit to hand New York a 117-107 loss on Friday night.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
The insult stats that follow this team like a brood of baby ducks were erased after Santos’ kick sailed through the uprights.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erased
Verb
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Only a few years had passed since the WHO declared in 1979 that smallpox was the first human disease to be eradicated worldwide.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Dec. 2024
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Individual errors cannot be eradicated entirely, but must be reduced.—
Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Helene destroyed homes and roads, stranded residents without phone service and water, and claimed the lives of nearly 250 people throughout the Southeast.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
26 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Sommer was one of the first reporters in Lahaina after the extreme wildfire destroyed homes and took lives.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
26 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In 2023, a group of House Republicans attempted to raise sales taxes with the FairTax Act, which would have abolished the Internal Revenue Service and replaced income tax and other levies with a national sales tax.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Courtesy of the Social Security Fairness Act, millions of Americans will see higher Social Security checks now that the windfall elimination provision (WEP) and GPO (government pension offset) have been abolished.—
Suzanne Blake
Reporter,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Erased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erased. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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