to remove completely; to rub or wipe out
From Latin 'erasus', past participle of 'eradere' meaning 'to scrape out', from 'e-' (out) + 'radere' (to scrape)
The word 'erase' literally means to scrape something out, which makes perfect sense when you think about how erasers work by scraping away pencil marks!
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