English-French translations for erase

• effacer
  Le but est de l’effacer de la mémoire collective du peuple tibétain. The intention is to erase him from the collective memory of the Tibetan people.
  Il y a cinquante ans, les nazis essayaient de détruire le camp d'Auschwitz pour effacer les traces de leurs atrocités. Fifty years ago, the Nazis were trying to destroy the camp at Auschwitz to erase the traces of their atrocities.
  Sur le plan historique, avant la seconde Guerre mondiale, la Palestine existait et, comme nous le voyons, il n'est pas facile de l'effacer des mémoires arabes. Historically, before World War II, Palestine existed, and as we are seeing, it is not easy to erase it from the Arab memory.
• éteindre
• s'effacer

Definition of erase

• to remove markings or information
• To obliterate information from , such as to clear or to demagnetize
• To obliterate from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite
• To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
• To be erased or be cleared of information}}
• To disregard ; to prevent from having an active role in society
• To kill; assassinate
• The operation of deleting data

Examples

• I erased that note because it was wrong.
• Im going to erase this tape.
• Im going to erase those files.
• Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.
• The chalkboard erased easily.
• The files will erase quickly.

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