Create and Erase

Create

Create verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

Erase is an antonym for create.

Erase

Erase verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: yet another animal species has been erased from this earth

Create is an antonym for erase in remove topic.

Nearby Words: erasure, erasing, erasable, eraser

Common collocations

character create character erase character
life create life erase life
people create people erase people
image create image erase image
Other words: way, characters, universe, world, game, stories, objects, timeline.

Both words in one sentence

  • Franchise / The Dark Tower Ass Pull: Patrick Danville's ability to erase/create matter with his magical pencil being introduced conveniently a couple of chapters right before he erases the Big Bad out of existence.
  • Video Game / Epic Mickey Mickey manages to grab the magic paintbrush before he is pulled in, so he can create and erase things with paint and thinner.
  • Bowser appears to talk to Mario via a painting, and reveals that he used the time machine's mystical energy to erase Mario's memory, create the monsters in the Minecraft world, and teleport him here.
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