The act of removing or eliminating something, physically wiping away marks or figuratively removing from memory or existence.
From Latin 'eradere' where 'e-' means 'out' and 'radere' means 'to scratch or scrape.' Originally referred to scraping away marks, especially writing.
Before digital computers, erasing actually meant physically scraping or scratching away marks—now we do it with a click, but the word's Latin root still describes that scraping action!
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