Erase and Scrub

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Erase

Erase verb - To destroy all traces of.

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Scrub and erase are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scrub" instead a verb "Erase".

Nearby Words: erasure, erasing, erasable, eraser

Scrub

Scrub verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).

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Erase and scrub are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Erase" instead a verb "Scrub".

Nearby Words: scrubby, scrubland

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image	erase image	scrub image
time	erase time	scrub time
way	erase way	scrub way
evidence	erase evidence	scrub evidence

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But she has also been outspoken against efforts to scrub the word from school texts like Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, arguing that it is hypocritical and backwards to erase history instead of trying to examine and learn from it. Non-P.O.V.

Source: Creator / Toni Morrison

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