ERASING Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word erasing. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ERASING
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expunging | verbv | |||||||
noun • deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | ||||||||
canceling | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
verb • To cross out something with lines etc. • To invalidate or annul something. • To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused. • To offset or equalize something. • To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation. • To stop production of a programme. • To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. • To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. • To kill. • To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture. | ||||||||
deleting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • remove or make invisible • wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information • cut or eliminate | ||||||||
eliminating | verbv | |||||||
verb • terminate, end, or take out • get rid of something • kill in large numbers • dismiss from consideration or a contest • eliminate from the body • remove from a contest or race • remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | ||||||||
eradicating | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill in large numbers • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||||
obliterating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • reduced to nothingness verb • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing • remove completely from recognition or memory • do away with completely, without leaving a trace | ||||||||
delete | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove or make invisible • wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information • cut or eliminate | ||||||||
efface | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove completely from recognition or memory • make inconspicuous • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | ||||||||
rub out | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | ||||||||
score out | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | ||||||||
wipe off | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove by wiping • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | ||||||||
wipe out | verbv | |||||||
verb • use up (resources or materials) • kill in large numbers • eliminate completely and without a trace • remove from memory or existence • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • wipe out the effect of something |