erase-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: remove from memory or existence

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 ERASE NP2[abstract]
NOTE: compare carefully to sense 2; in this sense, the erased object and its original location cannot be interchanged. EX: "I erased him from my life." *"I erased my life."

Examples:
You've erased the link to the stylesheet in your header.
The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915.
The suspect might have denied me access and had time to erase the evidence.
I deleted him from my cell phone, like erasing him from my life.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: erase.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: remove objects, make an area clean

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 ERASE NP2[patient[concrete]] (PP[location])

Examples:
I completley erased my iPod and restored it to factory conditions.
How do I stop iTunes from erasing audio files from my iPod?
If you asked him to erase the board, the eraser will be flying around the room.
They asked him to erase the circle from the board.

Mappings:
VerbNet: wipe_manner-10.4.1-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: erase.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2