| Principales traductions |
| Anglais | Français |
| erase [sth]⇒ vtr | (remove by rubbing out) | effacer⇒ vtr |
| (avec une gomme) | gommer⇒ vtr |
| The teacher erased the vocabulary list once all of the students had written it down. |
| Le professeur effaça la liste de vocabulaire une fois copiée par tous les élèves. |
| erase [sth] vtr | figurative (eradicate, remove) | effacer⇒ vtr |
| The government department erased the incident from its records. Sally couldn't erase the memory of Neil's cruel words. |
| Le ministère effaça l'incident de ses tablettes. Sally ne parvenait à effacer de sa mémoire les paroles cruelles de Neil. |
| erase [sth] vtr | (delete: a computer file) (Informatique : un document) | effacer⇒, supprimer⇒ vtr |
| Harry accidentally erased the file he had been working on all day and had to start again. |
| Par accident, Harry a effacé le fichier sur lequel il avait travaillé toute la journée et a dû tout recommencer. |
| erase [sth] vtr | (delete: text on a computer) (Informatique : du texte) | effacer⇒ vtr |
| Alison looked at what she had just written, decided she didn't like it, and erased it. |
| Alison a lu ce qu'elle venait d'écrire, ça ne lui a pas plu et elle a tout effacé. |
