(transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot. / (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

One who erases. / (Canada, US) A thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam), a Dutch humanist and theologian. / A male given name from Ancient Greek, rare in English.

An exchange student taking part in an Erasmus Programme / A study period as part of the Erasmus Programme

(idiomatic) Of a piece of text, written and struck through; hence, figuratively in some sense both present and absent.

A person who, or thing that eradicates.

(botany) Said of several types of capitulum that do not have petal-like florets.

(intransitive) To spread out light rays in all directions. / (intransitive) To shoot out like a ray of light.

An ink eraser of the chemical kind.

An instrument used to remove ink from a writing surface, either (traditionally) a metal scraper or (more recently) a special pen dispensing a chemical that eradicates ink.