virtually erase
Frequency: 6.59.5 per million words
to remove something almost completely
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- These people have been virtually erased from the history books.
- The new software update managed to virtually erase the bugs from the previous version.
- A powerful storm could virtually erase the small coastal town from the map.
- He tried to virtually erase the painful memories of his childhood.
- The dictator's regime attempted to virtually erase all traces of the previous government.
- Years of neglect have virtually erased the inscriptions on the ancient monument.
- Winning the lottery allowed her to virtually erase all of her family's debt.
- The company's rebranding campaign was so effective it managed to virtually erase its old, negative image.
- Advances in digital restoration can virtually erase the damage on old photographs.
- One wrong command can virtually erase months of research data.