Erase (verb)

1. To remove or delete something, especially written or recorded information, by rubbing or scraping it off.
2. To remove or eliminate something completely.

Origin:

From latin erāsus, the perfect passive participle of ērādere ("to scrape away"), from ex ("out") + rādere ("to scrape, scratc.h")

Examples:

1. I need to erase this mistake before I turn it in.
2. He erased the message from his phone.
3. She used an eraser to remove the pencil marks from the paper.
4. The memory of the incident was erased from his mind.
5. The company is trying to erase any trace of the scandal from the public record.