as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
an effort to save the species from being erased from this earth
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Recent Examples of erase
Social isolation, the abrupt removal of routine, and pervasive uncertainty left marks that are not easily erased.
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Elizabeth Austin, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Trump is issuing executive orders at a historic clip to upend agencies, slash the federal workforce, and erase former President Joe Biden’s policy achievements.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
While in custody, Yusuf was recorded in jailhouse calls instructing his brother and an associate to erase data from his phone to obstruct the investigation, prosecutors said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
Time travel stories often feature grim themes of destruction and butterfly effect scenarios where even a single change can lead to disastrous outcomes (like Marty almost erasing himself from existence in Back to the Future).
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
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All of these externals can lead to the breakage of individual strands, weathering (and even eradicating) protective cuticles and any potential for lustrousness and leading instead to a frazzled and frizzy mane.—
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States reporting measles cases Measles was declared eradicated in the USA in 2000, but recent sporadic outbreaks have been linked to international travelers and numerous unvaccinated people, based on CDC reports.—
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Even before abolishing the department, the Trump administration blocked student loan forgiveness and repayment plans, slashed department staffing, and wiped the federal watchdog agency tasked with overseeing student loan servicing and collections.—
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Republicans have been trying to abolish the department for decades, including a bill introduced in the House of Representatives in January.—
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Af Klint edited her own notebooks later in life, rewriting or destroying entire passages and exorcising biographical details.—
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Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 28 people, forced at least 37,800 to flee their homes and destroyed thousands of structures and vehicles.—
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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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