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erase
Overview of verb erase
The verb erase has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) erase, wipe out -- (remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915")
2. erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off -- (remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!")
3. erase, delete -- (wipe out magnetically recorded information)
Grep of noun erase
aminopherase
aminotransferase
anticholinesterase
cholinesterase
eraser
isomerase
polymerase
telomerase
transferase
Antonyms of verb erase
1 of 3 senses of erase
Sense 3
erase, delete
Antonym of record (Sense 2)
=>record, tape
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb erase
3 senses of erase
Sense 1
erase, wipe out
=> kill
Sense 2
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> delete, cancel
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 3
erase, delete
=> take away, take out
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb erase
2 of 3 senses of erase
Sense 2
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> sponge
=> scratch out, cut out
Sense 3
erase, delete
=> demagnetize, demagnetise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb erase
3 senses of erase
Sense 1
erase, wipe out
=> kill
Sense 2
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> delete, cancel
Sense 3
erase, delete
=> take away, take out
'Cause To' of verb erase
Derived Forms of verb erase
3 senses of erase
Sense 1
erase, wipe out
RELATED TO>(noun) erasure#3
=> expunction, expunging, erasure
Sense 2
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
RELATED TO>(noun) erasure#2
=> erasure
RELATED TO>(noun) erasure#3
=> expunction, expunging, erasure
RELATED TO>(noun) erasure#1
=> erasure
RELATED TO>(noun) eraser#1
=> eraser
Sense 3
erase, delete
RELATED TO>(noun) eraser#1
=> eraser
Domain of verb erase
1 of 3 senses of erase
Sense 3
erase, delete
TOPIC>(noun) recording#2, transcription#5
Domain Terms of verb erase
Familiarity of verb erase
erase used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb erase
3 senses of erase
Sense 1
erase, wipe out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
erase, delete
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb erase
3 senses of erase
Sense 1
erase, wipe out
> kill
=> eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
=> decimate
=> drown
=> massacre, slaughter, mow down
=> erase, wipe out
=> butcher, slaughter
=> poison
=> stone, lapidate
=> poison
=> commit suicide
=> dispatch
=> zap, vaporize
=> sacrifice
=> take off
=> tomahawk
=> destroy
=> saber, sabre
=> overlie, overlay
=> brain
=> put away, put to sleep
=> neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
=> exterminate, kill off
=> smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
=> strangle, strangulate, throttle
=> decapitate, behead, decollate
=> impale, stake
=> dismember
=> martyr
=> shed blood
=> murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
=> assassinate
=> execute, put to death
=> draw, quarter, draw and quarter
=> lynch
=> shoot, pip
=> electrocute, fry
Sense 2
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
> delete, cancel
=> erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> strike, scratch, expunge, excise
Sense 3
erase, delete
> take away, take out
=> bus
=> kill, obliterate, wipe out
=> cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark
=> erase, delete
=> cart off, cart away, haul off, haul away
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb erase
Sense 1
erase, wipe out
=> kill
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Sense 2
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> delete, cancel
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Sense 3
erase, delete
=> take away, take out
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Grep of verb erase
erase
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