different between erase vs destroy

English

Etymology

From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?-r?z?, IPA^(key): /???e?z/
• (US) enPR: ?-r?s?, IPA^(key): /???e?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s, -e?z

Verb

erase (third-person singular simple present erases, present participle erasing, simple past and past participle erased)

1. (transitive) to remove markings or information

2. (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

3. (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.

4. (transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play

5. (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).

6. (transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
   • 1998, Janice Lynn Ristock, Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out

     I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality.

   • 2004, Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones (page 209)

     As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse.

   • 2011, Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Indigenous Studies (page 40)

     Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities.
7. (transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate.

Antonyms

• (remove markings or information): record

Derived terms

Related terms

• erasure

Translations

Noun

erase (plural erases)

1. (computing) The operation of deleting data.
   • 2000, Mark D. Hill, Norman P. Jouppi, Gurindar S. Sohi, Readings in Computer Architecture (page 603)

     This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase.

Anagrams

• Rease, eares, easer, saree

Italian

Verb

erase

1. third-person singular past historic of eradere

Verb

erase f

1. plural of eraso

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e??ra?.se/, [e???ä?s??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?ra.se/, [?????s??]

Participle

?r?se

1. vocative masculine singular of ?r?sus

English

Etymology

From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrug?, from Classical Latin d?stru?, from d?- (“un-, de-”) + stru? (“I build”). Displaced native shend (“destroy, injure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??st???/
• Rhymes: -??
• Hyphenation: de?stroy

Verb

destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed)

2. (transitive, intransitive) To damage beyond use or repair.

3. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

4. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.

5. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
   • 2005, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide

     Other girls in the foster home are eager to destroy her and get her kicked out of the place. It's a tough situation.

6. (colloquial, transitive, hyperbolic) To defeat soundly.
7. (computing, transitive) To remove data.

8. (US, colloquial, slang) To sing a song poorly.
9. (bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.

10. (slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.

Synonyms

• annihilate
• break
• demolish
• kill
• ruin
• waste
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Antonyms

• build
• construct
• create
• make
• raise
• repair

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• stroyed