Suchen
to erase
01
löschen, vernichten
to remove something completely from existence or memory
Transitive: to erase memory or trace of something
Example
Over the decades, urbanization erased the quaint charm of the small village.
Political changes gradually erased the remnants of an old regime from public memory.
Time can not erase the memories of significant life events.
02
radieren, löschen
to remove marks or writing by rubbing them off
Transitive: to erase a mark or writing
Example
She gently erased the notes from the page to make room for new ones.
He used a cloth to erase the chalk from the blackboard.
She tried to erase the pencil marks from her notebook with an eraser.
03
löschen, entfernen
to delete or remove recorded information from a device or storage
Transitive: to erase digital data
Example
I had to erase the file because it was no longer needed.
She erased the recorded message by mistake, thinking it was something else.
The technician helped me erase the old data from the computer ’s hard drive.
word family
erase
erase
Verb
erasable
Adjective
erasable
Adjective
erasure
Noun
erasure
Noun
Beispiel
Over the decades, urbanization erased the quaint charm of the small village.
Political changes gradually erased the remnants of an old regime from public memory.
Time cannot erase the memories of significant life events.
The therapist worked with the patient to gradually erase negative thought patterns.
The historian lamented the attempt to erase certain events from the historical record.
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