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deface |
to erase, blot out, or otherwise obliterate; make indistinct, illegible, or valueless. [1/2 definitions] |
efface |
to erase by or as if by rubbing out. [1/3 definitions] |
eraser |
an object, usu. made of rubber or felt, that is used to erase writing or marks. |
expunge |
to cross out or erase. [1/2 definitions] |
obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. [1/2 definitions] |
rase |
to rub out; erase. [1/2 definitions] |
rub |
to erase by applying friction and pressure (usu. fol. by "off" or "out"). [1/8 definitions] |
rubber1 |
(chiefly British) an object, usu. made of rubber or felt, that is used to erase writing or marks; eraser. [1/8 definitions] |
wipe |
to remove or erase as though by so doing. [1/7 definitions] |
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