Rub out (5 letters)

{ Answer }

ERASE

{ Related Clues }

Delete
Eradicate
Expunge
Obliterate
Remove
Bump off
Clean a blackboard
Clean the blackboard
Clean the slate
Clear the blackboard
Clear the chalkboard
Clear the slate
Clear the tape
Clear, as a tape
Demagnetize, say
Dictaphone button
Fix a typo
Nullify the force of
Rub off
Take out
VCR button
Wipe chalk from
Wipe clean
Wipe off
Wipe out
Name-drop, maybe?
Remove, as pencil marks
Take off the board
Wipe the board clean
Use the pink end of a pencil

{ Tags }

blackboard, board, clean, clear, delete, do, eliminate, erase, expunge, get, marks, obliterate, off, out, remove, rub, slate, take, tape, use, wipe

{ Notes }

The answer ERASE is very common and appears about once every 27.5 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ERASE as a verb:

1. (erase, wipe out) = remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

2. (erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off) = remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

3. (erase, delete) = wipe out magnetically recorded information