"erase" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈɹeɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈɹeɪs/ [US] Audio: En-us-erase.ogg [US] Forms: erases [plural]
enPR: ĭ-rāzʹ, ĭ-rāsʹ Rhymes: -eɪz, -eɪs Etymology: From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|erasus}} Latin erasus, {{m|la|eradere||to scrape, to abrade}} eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), {{m|la|ex-||out of}} ex- (“out of”), {{m|la|radere||to scrape}} radere (“to scrape”), {{cog|enm|arasen}} Middle English arasen, {{m|enm|aracen|t=to eradicate, erase}} aracen (“to eradicate, erase”), {{ncog|ang|dilegian}} Old English dilegian Head templates: {{en-noun}} erase (plural erases)
  1. (computing) The operation of deleting data. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-erase-en-noun-kHaXW1NP Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈɹeɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈɹeɪs/ [US] Audio: En-us-erase.ogg [US] Forms: erases [present, singular, third-person], erasing [participle, present], erased [participle, past], erased [past]
enPR: ĭ-rāzʹ, ĭ-rāsʹ Rhymes: -eɪz, -eɪs Etymology: From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|erasus}} Latin erasus, {{m|la|eradere||to scrape, to abrade}} eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), {{m|la|ex-||out of}} ex- (“out of”), {{m|la|radere||to scrape}} radere (“to scrape”), {{cog|enm|arasen}} Middle English arasen, {{m|enm|aracen|t=to eradicate, erase}} aracen (“to eradicate, erase”), {{ncog|ang|dilegian}} Old English dilegian Head templates: {{en-verb}} erase (third-person singular simple present erases, present participle erasing, simple past and past participle erased)
  1. (transitive) to remove markings or information Tags: transitive Translations (to remove markings or information): مَحَا (maḥā) (Arabic), مَحَى (maḥā) (Arabic), محى (maḥa) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), محى (mḥa) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), юйыу (yuyıw) (Bashkir), сціра́ць (scirácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), сце́рці (scjérci) [perfective] (Belarusian), изтривам (iztrivam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), esborrar (Catalan), ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ (ayosdodi) (Cherokee), 拭除 (shìchú) (Chinese Mandarin), 抹去 (mǒqù) (Chinese Mandarin), 擦去 (cāqù) (Chinese Mandarin), smazat (Czech), vymazat (Czech), slette (Danish), viske (Danish), fjerne (Danish), uitwissen (Dutch), uitgummen (Dutch), forigi (Esperanto), viska (Faroese), poistaa (Finnish), pyyhkiä yli (Finnish), effacer (French), auslöschen (German), ausradieren (German), löschen (German), σβήνω (svíno) (Greek), मिटाना (miṭānā) (Hindi), töröl (Hungarian), kitöröl (Hungarian), kiradíroz (Hungarian), efacar (Ido), scrios (Irish), cancellare (Italian), eliminare (Italian), 消す (kesu) (Japanese), 消去する (shōkyo suru) (Japanese), លុប (lup) (Khmer), 지우다 (jiuda) (Korean), ērādō (Latin), oblitterō (Latin), trinti (Lithuanian), memadamkan (Malay), മായ്ക്കുക (māykkuka) (Malayalam), maħħa (Maltese), muku (Maori), kōmuru (Maori), ūkui (Maori), slette (Norwegian), fjerne (Norwegian), radere (Norwegian), radere ut (Norwegian), radere bort (Norwegian), radere vekk (Norwegian), viske (Norwegian), dilegian (Old English), wymazywać [imperfective] (Polish), wymazać [perfective] (Polish), ścierać [imperfective] (Polish), zetrzeć [perfective] (Polish), apagar (Portuguese), șterge (Romanian), стира́ть (stirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), стере́ть (sterétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), dubh às (Scottish Gaelic), dubh a-mach (Scottish Gaelic), vymazávať [imperfective] (Slovak), vymazať [perfective] (Slovak), borrar (Spanish), radera (Swedish), bura (Tagalog), burahin (Tagalog), அழி (aḻi) (Tamil), silmek (Turkish), стира́ти (styráty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), сте́рти (stérty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), مٹانا (Urdu), xóa (Vietnamese), מעקן (mekn) (Yiddish), אויסמעקן (oysmekn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-erase-en-verb-goqi7Q0j Disambiguation of 'to remove markings or information': 70 4 4 14 7 1 1
  2. (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-erase-en-verb-0iSsJjlW
  3. (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite. Tags: transitive Translations (to clear a storage medium): юйыу (yuyıw) (Bashkir), изтривам (iztrivam) (Bulgarian), smazat (Czech), vymazat (Czech), slette (Danish), viŝi (Esperanto), strika (Faroese), pyyhkiä (Finnish), poistaa (Finnish), effacer (French), töröl (Hungarian), letöröl (Hungarian), léirscrios (Irish), kōmuru (Maori), excluir (Portuguese), deletar (Portuguese), стира́ть (stirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), стере́ть (sterétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), dubh às (Scottish Gaelic), dubh a-mach (Scottish Gaelic), borrar (Spanish), radera (Swedish), silmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-erase-en-verb-DpqWg8rp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 25 35 11 7 3 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 3 24 34 10 7 4 2 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 6 22 30 13 7 6 3 Disambiguation of 'to clear a storage medium': 1 38 52 4 3 2 1
  4. (transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Baseball Translations (to remove a runner): poistaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-erase-en-verb-Mjksrtxi Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to remove a runner': 31 4 5 52 5 2 1
  5. (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information). Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to be erased): اِمَّحَى (immaḥā) (Arabic), اِنْمَحَى (inmaḥā) (Arabic), юйылыу (yuyılıw) (Bashkir), pyyhkiytyä (Finnish), s’effacer (French), törlődik (Hungarian), borrarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-erase-en-verb-dOLkdrXx Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to be erased': 3 5 8 6 69 5 3
  6. (transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-erase-en-verb-T06Bjzmo
  7. (transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-erase-en-verb-qKL3CoxS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dry-erase, erasable, eraser, unerasable, unerase Related terms: erasure Translations (to obliterate information): юйыу (yuyıw) (Bashkir), изтривам (iztrivam) (Bulgarian), smazat (Czech), vymazat (Czech), slette (Danish), viŝi (Esperanto), pyyhkiä (Finnish), effacer (French), σβήνω (svíno) (Greek), töröl (Hungarian), letöröl (Hungarian), kitöröl (Hungarian), glan (Irish), cancellare (Italian), 抹消する (masshō suru) (Japanese), oblitterō (Latin), muku (Maori), kōmuru (Maori), ūkui (Maori), apagar (Portuguese), стира́ть (stirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), стере́ть (sterétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), dubh às (Scottish Gaelic), borrar (Spanish), radera (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to obliterate information': 9 39 34 5 6 1 5

Inflected forms

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “remove markings or information”",
      "word": "record"
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        {
          "text": "I erased that note because it was wrong.",
          "type": "example"
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          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
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          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
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          "word": "مَحَى"
        },
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          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "محى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yuyıw",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "юйыу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "scirácʹ",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "сціра́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "scjérci",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "сце́рці"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "iztrivam",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "изтривам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "esborrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "ayosdodi",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shìchú",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "拭除"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mǒqù",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "抹去"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cāqù",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "擦去"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "smazat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "vymazat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "slette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "viske"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "fjerne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "uitwissen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "uitgummen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "forigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "viska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "poistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "pyyhkiä yli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "effacer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "auslöschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "ausradieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "löschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "svíno",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "σβήνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "miṭānā",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "मिटाना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "töröl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "kitöröl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "kiradíroz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "efacar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "scrios"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "cancellare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "eliminare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kesu",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "消す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōkyo suru",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "消去する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "lup",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "លុប"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jiuda",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "지우다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "ērādō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "oblitterō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "trinti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "memadamkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "māykkuka",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "മായ്ക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "maħħa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "muku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "kōmuru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "ūkui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "slette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "fjerne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "radere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "radere ut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "radere bort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "radere vekk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "viske"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "dilegian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wymazywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wymazać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ścierać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zetrzeć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "apagar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "șterge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stirátʹ",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sterétʹ",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "стере́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "dubh às"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "dubh a-mach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vymazávať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vymazať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "borrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "radera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "bura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "burahin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "aḻi",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "அழி"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "silmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "styráty",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стира́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stérty",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сте́рти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "مٹانا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "xóa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "mekn",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "מעקן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 4 14 7 1 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oysmekn",
          "sense": "to remove markings or information",
          "word": "אויסמעקן"
        }
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        {
          "text": "I'm going to erase this tape.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize."
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          "information",
          "information"
        ],
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          "storage",
          "storage"
        ],
        [
          "medium",
          "medium"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
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          "demagnetize"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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        }
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          "information",
          "information"
        ],
        [
          "storage",
          "storage"
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        [
          "medium",
          "medium"
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        [
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          "clear"
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        "(transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yuyıw",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "юйыу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "iztrivam",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "изтривам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "smazat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "vymazat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "slette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "viŝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "strika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "pyyhkiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "poistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "effacer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "töröl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "letöröl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "léirscrios"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "kōmuru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "excluir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "deletar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stirátʹ",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sterétʹ",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "стере́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "dubh às"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "dubh a-mach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "borrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "radera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 38 52 4 3 2 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
          "word": "silmek"
        }
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          "langcode": "en",
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            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "text": "Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.",
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      "links": [
        [
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          "baseball"
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        [
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          "double play"
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        "(transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "31 4 5 52 5 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to remove a runner",
          "word": "poistaa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The chalkboard erased easily.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The files will erase quickly.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information)."
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        "(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information)."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 8 6 69 5 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "immaḥā",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
          "word": "اِمَّحَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 8 6 69 5 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "inmaḥā",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
          "word": "اِنْمَحَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 8 6 69 5 3",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yuyılıw",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
          "word": "юйылыу"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 8 6 69 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
          "word": "pyyhkiytyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 8 6 69 5 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
          "word": "s’effacer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 8 6 69 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
          "word": "törlődik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 8 6 69 5 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
          "word": "borrarse"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Janice Lynn Ristock, Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out",
          "text": "I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones, page 209",
          "text": "As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Indigenous Studies, page 40",
          "text": "Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time",
          "text": "C.J. Henderson has the speed and anticipation to erase receivers all over the field, and his athleticism is absurd; according to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Henderson bench presses 380 pounds and squats 545.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society."
      ],
      "id": "en-erase-en-verb-T06Bjzmo",
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        [
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          "disregard"
        ],
        [
          "society",
          "society"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To kill; assassinate."
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      "id": "en-erase-en-verb-qKL3CoxS",
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        [
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          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "assassinate",
          "assassinate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪz"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪs"
    },
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      "enpr": "ĭ-rāzʹ"
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    {
      "enpr": "ĭ-rāsʹ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yuyıw",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "юйыу"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztrivam",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "изтривам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "smazat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "vymazat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "slette"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "viŝi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "pyyhkiä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "effacer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "svíno",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "σβήνω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "töröl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "letöröl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "kitöröl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "glan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
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      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "cancellare"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "masshō suru",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "抹消する"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
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      "lang": "Latin",
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      "word": "oblitterō"
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      "sense": "to obliterate information",
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      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "kōmuru"
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      "word": "ūkui"
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    {
      "_dis1": "9 39 34 5 6 1 5",
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      "word": "apagar"
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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "medium"
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          "runner"
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        "baseball",
        "games",
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        "sports"
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        {
          "text": "The chalkboard erased easily.",
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        {
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        "To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information)."
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Janice Lynn Ristock, Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out",
          "text": "I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones, page 209",
          "text": "As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Indigenous Studies, page 40",
          "text": "Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time",
          "text": "C.J. Henderson has the speed and anticipation to erase receivers all over the field, and his athleticism is absurd; according to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Henderson bench presses 380 pounds and squats 545.",
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          "assassinate"
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        "(transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate."
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "maḥā",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "مَحَا"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "scjérci",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
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      "roman": "iztrivam",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "изтривам"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "esborrar"
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      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ayosdodi",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìchú",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "拭除"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǒqù",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "抹去"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cāqù",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "擦去"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "smazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "vymazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "slette"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "viske"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "fjerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "uitwissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "uitgummen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "forigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "viska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "poistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "pyyhkiä yli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "effacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "auslöschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "ausradieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "löschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "svíno",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "σβήνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "miṭānā",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "मिटाना"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "töröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "kitöröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "kiradíroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "efacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "scrios"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "cancellare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "eliminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kesu",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "消す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōkyo suru",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "消去する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "lup",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "លុប"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiuda",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "지우다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "ērādō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "oblitterō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "trinti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "memadamkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "māykkuka",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "മായ്ക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "maħħa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "muku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "kōmuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "ūkui"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "slette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "fjerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "radere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "radere ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "radere bort"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "radere vekk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "viske"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "dilegian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wymazywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ścierać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zetrzeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "apagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "șterge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stirátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sterétʹ",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "стере́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "dubh às"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "dubh a-mach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vymazávať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vymazať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "borrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "radera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "bura"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "burahin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aḻi",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "அழி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "silmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "styráty",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стира́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stérty",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сте́рти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "مٹانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "xóa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mekn",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "מעקן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oysmekn",
      "sense": "to remove markings or information",
      "word": "אויסמעקן"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yuyıw",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "юйыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztrivam",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "изтривам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "smazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "vymazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "slette"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "viŝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "pyyhkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "effacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "svíno",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "σβήνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "töröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "letöröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "kitöröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "glan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "cancellare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "masshō suru",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "抹消する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "oblitterō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "muku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "kōmuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "ūkui"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "apagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stirátʹ",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sterétʹ",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "стере́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "dubh às"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "borrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to obliterate information",
      "word": "radera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yuyıw",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "юйыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztrivam",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "изтривам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "smazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "vymazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "slette"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "viŝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "strika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "pyyhkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "poistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "effacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "töröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "letöröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "léirscrios"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "kōmuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "excluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "deletar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stirátʹ",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sterétʹ",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "стере́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "dubh às"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "dubh a-mach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "borrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "radera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to clear a storage medium",
      "word": "silmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove a runner",
      "word": "poistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "immaḥā",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
      "word": "اِمَّحَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "inmaḥā",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
      "word": "اِنْمَحَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yuyılıw",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
      "word": "юйылыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
      "word": "pyyhkiytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
      "word": "s’effacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
      "word": "törlődik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be erased",
      "word": "borrarse"
    }
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  "word": "erase"
}

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      "enpr": "ĭ-rāzʹ"
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      "enpr": "ĭ-rāsʹ"
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