partially erase

Frequency: 6.08.1 per million words

to remove something incompletely

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Examples (10)

  • The software bug caused the system to partially erase the user's data.
  • She could only partially erase the stubborn pencil marks from the paper.
  • Therapy helped him partially erase the traumatic memories of the accident.
  • The magnetic field had partially erased the old audio recording on the cassette tape.
  • The new regime attempted to partially erase the previous government's achievements from historical records.
  • Investigators found that the hard drive was partially erased, leaving some data recoverable.
  • The clumsy restorer partially erased a crucial detail from the ancient mural.
  • The experimental procedure can partially erase specific genetic markers.
  • Be careful, as this command will partially erase the disk's partition table without warning.
  • Over the years, he managed to partially erase the influence of his difficult childhood.