<table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dnindex">1.</td> <td>to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"> <tbody><tr> <td class="dnindex">2.</td> <td>to eliminate completely: She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"> <tbody><tr> <td class="dnindex">3.</td> <td>to obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk): She erased the message. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"> <tbody><tr> <td class="dnindex">4.</td> <td>to obliterate recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk): He accidentally erased the tape. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"> <tbody><tr> <td class="dnindex">5.</td> <td>Computers. to remove (data) from computer storage.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dnindex">6.</td> <td>Slang. to murder: The gang had to erase him before he informed on them. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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And KingdomHeartz93, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Even if you could close this, there is no reason to, it's a theory and it's being discussed. If you don't like it, don't come in.
As far as erase, it probably is the most obvious answer, just a substitute for kill, I just noticed it and thought I'd get some other thoughts.