Collocations for "erase"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "erase" in context.
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erase
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- erase [pencil, the mark, your writing]
- erased the [documents, files, cookies]
- erase [documents] from [the server, your folder, the computer]
- erase [used, unwanted, old] [documents]
- erase [documents] by [clicking, dragging, selecting, pressing]
- erase the [answers, key] (to)
- erase [vital, key, damning] evidence
- erase [all, certain, some of the] contents
- erase the memory of the [accident, embarrassment, scene, loss]
- erase the [accident] from her [mind, memory]
- [tried to, couldn't] erase the [scene, memory]
- [cannot, tried to] erase the past
- [will, try to] erase all traces of
'erase' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):