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erase

verb abolish, annihilate, annul, blot out, deal destruction, delete, demolish, destroy, dispose of, dissolve, do away with completely, efface, eliminate, exceed the record, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, leave no vestige of, obliterate, purge, remove, rewrite the records, stamp out, strike out, terminate, uproot, void, wipe out
Associated concepts: distribution of evidence, erase debt through bankruptcy, tampering with evidence

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Foremay's SSD drives after Type-III secure erase are unusable

FOREMAY UNVEILS SECURE DATA SOLUTIONS FOR SSD DRIVE

Simultaneously with the erase, video record, and hi-fi audio record functions, the linear audio head starts recording any new audio being provided to the recorder.

Video and audio characteristics in VHS overrecordings

Fujimaki was found guilty of conspiring with two police officers, Norio Osawa, 60, and Nozomu Sonehara, 50, to erase four people's violation records registered on the National Police Agency's online information system in October 1999.

Ex-Diet member's aide gets suspended jail term for cover-up

Far from protecting religious freedom, this amendment would radically erase the liberties we currently enjoy.

Istook Amendment Reintroduced In House

In fact, one macro virus, called Format_C, formats, or erases, your hard drive with just three lines of instructions.

Computer viruses

Erase Repair HA is a skin innovation that helps to drive away free radicals that result to premature aging.

Erase Repair Surpasses Sales Forecast with Breakthrough Q2 2016 Sales

Formulated exclusively for application by professional paint contractors, Dry Erase Clear Gloss is ideal for use in a wide array of settings, from classrooms, conference rooms and small businesses, to the home with kitchen message boards and kids' bedrooms.

Sherwin-Williams launches Dry Erase 2K Waterborne Clear Gloss

This allows the embedded designer to in-system program or erase the flash memory in a comparatively convenient and user-friendly way.

Flash; Benefits of flash EEPROM: re-programming the end application becomes easy

The other option is to selectively erase data files.

Erase old files safely and completely

Of course everyone was asked the inevitable, ``If you could erase anyone, who would it be?

TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS

The degaussing process is designed to erase the tape magnetically back to a virgin state.