erased Definition

erase
verb erased, erasing

1. To rub out (pencil marks, etc).
2. To remove all trace of something.

Thesaurus: obliterate, remove, efface, delete, cancel, eliminate, expunge, eradicate, blot out.
3. To destroy (a recording) on audio or video tape.

Derivative: erasable
adj

Derivative: eraser
noun

Something that erases, especially a rubber for removing pencil or ink marks.

Derivative: erasure

The act of rubbing out.

A place where something written has been erased.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin eradere, erasum to scratch out.