Synonyms for erase

Verb

1. erase, wipe out, kill

usage: remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

2. erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off, delete, cancel

usage: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

3. erase, delete, take away, take out

usage: wipe out magnetically recorded information