erase
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
erase /ɪˈreɪz/
▶verb rub out or obliterate; remove all traces of.
– derivatives
erasable adjective,
erasure noun.
erasable adjective,
erasure noun.
– origin C16 (orig. as a heraldic term meaning ‘represent the head or limb of an animal with a jagged edge’): from L. eras-, eradere ‘scrape away’.
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