Collocations for erase - verb

completely, entirely, fully
partially
virtually
effectively
This event has been effectively erased from written records.

accidentally
digitally

attempt to, seek to, try to
want to
She wanted to erase the message before her parents heard it.

be determined to
They are determined to erase the bad memories of last year's defeats.

from
These people have been virtually erased from the history book.

Erase is used with these nouns as the object:
blackboard, debt, deficit, disk, distinction, doubt, file, memory, mistake, past, record, tape, trace, word, wrinkle