erase

Example Sentences

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If the 20th century belonged to antibiotics and chemotherapy, the 21st may belong to viral vectors—a development that promises to fight disease by erasing it at its genetic root.

From The Wall Street Journal

In January of 2001, the Congressional Budget Office projected that the budget surpluses of President Bill Clinton’s second term would continue throughout the next decade, totaling $5.6 trillion and erasing the national debt.

From The Wall Street Journal

Commutation only reduces the punishment for a crime, whereas a full pardon erases a conviction.

From Salon

I was retracing my steps of 20 years earlier to a scene of mass death I had never been able to erase from my mind.

From Los Angeles Times

Essentially, the scientists had erased a specific memory.

From Los Angeles Times