erasing

Definitions

The act of removing or obliterating something written, recorded, or drawn.

The process of causing something to disappear or be forgotten.

The removal of data from a storage medium.

Examples

She spent the afternoon erasing the pencil marks from her sketchbook.

The heavy rain was slowly erasing the footprints left on the muddy path.

Synonyms

deleting removing wiping expunging obliterating effacing canceling

Antonyms

creating writing adding preserving restoring inscribing recording