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wipe out

v. remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

clear, delete

v. wipe out magnetically recorded information

efface, wipe off, score out, rub out

v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

expel, throw out, boot out, kick out, oust, drum out

v. remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

suspend, debar

v. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

wipe, obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

cancel, delete

v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

efface, erase, wipe off, score out, rub out

v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

extract, educe, draw out, elicit, evoke

v. to bring out

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

strike, excise, expunge

v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

wipe, obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

clear, delete, erase

v. wipe out magnetically recorded information

extract, educe, draw out, elicit, evoke

v. to bring out

strip, clean

v. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

kill, obliterate, wipe out

v. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"

mark, strike out, cross off, cross out, strike off

v. remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"

wipe, pass over

v. rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

record, log

v. register electronically; "They recorded her singing"

recover, undelete

v. to restore the last deletion

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