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Erasing

Erase \E*rase"\ ([-e]*r[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased ([-e]*r[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]

  1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.

  2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.
    --Burke.

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erasing

vb. (present participle of erase English)

Usage examples of "erasing".

That was the promise Ki-Faun had made, but I had no intention of erasing myself.