Used in a Sentence

erased

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for erased.

Editorial note

Nothing is erased, the content is preserved for family and friends.

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Quick take

(heraldry) Having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts left jagged or uneven, as distinguished from couped.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of erased gathered in one view.

adjective

(heraldry) Having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts left jagged or uneven, as distinguished from couped.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for erased.

adjective

(heraldry) Having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts left jagged or uneven, as distinguished from couped.

Example sentences

1

Nothing is erased, the content is preserved for family and friends.

2

The Internet has not erased the distinction that one region gets snow and therefore tends to plan ahead.

3

It was on a credit card not a debit card and the charge was erased within hours.

4

Function calls aren't free, and their cost was pretty high before Moore's Law all but erased it.

5

Even computer science had its own rivalries, before the Internet effectively erased the geographical distinction for most such purposes.

6

Won't do any good if the bad actors have erased their tracks of course.

7

Without trim, the firmware must wait until it gets a write for a particular block before it know it can be erased.

8

She sheds crocodile tears for elderly waiting for 60€ daily at the ATMs while monthly assistance for 400euro pensions was erased with a red pen.

9

Java's erased generics are precisely what makes polyglot interop easy.

10

Over the years the language differences between Clojure & ClojureScript have more or less been erased beyond very host specific details like String methods, no multithreading, etc.

11

> Airbnb logged into my gmail (signed up using gmail oauth) and erased our conversation That's quite an accusation.

12

Recycled mag stripe that was poorly bulk erased?

Quote examples

1

Well for the recent but on Steam Linux that erased your hard drive if you moved the Steam library folder somewhere else, there was nothing they could do to "unwind their screw-ups", except fixing it in the code once the damage was done.

2

What really still gets me is the way it's not simply that the atom wasn't interacted with, but that if the information about the interaction never leaks to the outside world - if it's "erased" after the interaction takes place - then the system still behaves as if the interaction never took place.

3

If you're bringing bankers or investors or other external parties through, what is more "impressive": A floor full of hard working bees, a buzz of energy filling the air, whiteboards full of complex diagrams (that probably haven't been erased in months if not years) and quirky and crazy "personalizations" on all of the desks, or walking down a hall of quiet closed doors.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use erased in a sentence?

Nothing is erased, the content is preserved for family and friends.

What does erased mean?

(heraldry) Having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts left jagged or uneven, as distinguished from couped.

What part of speech is erased?

erased is commonly used as adjective.