e ‧ rase /ɪˈreɪz $ ɪˈreɪs/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of eradere , from radere 'to rub roughly, scrape' ]
1 . to remove information from a computer memory or recorded sounds from a tape:
The computer crashed, and all our records were erased.
2 . to remove writing from paper:
Some of the names had been accidentally erased.
3 . to get rid of something so that it has gone completely and no longer exists:
Their dream is to erase poverty and injustice from the world.
erase something from your mind/memory
He couldn’t erase the image from his mind.
She had tried to erase the memory of that day.