erased Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove from memory or existence
    wipe out; erase.
    • The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
  2. verb remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
    efface; wipe off; score out; erase; rub out.
    • Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
  3. verb wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
    erase; delete.
    • Who erased the files form my hard disk?

WordNet


E*rased" present participle & adjective
Definitions
  1. Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.
  2. (Her.) Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped.

Webster 1913