If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion. 抹去; 消除
verb [vt. 及物动词]抹去,擦掉;删除;忘却;消除,消灭;(易)被擦掉,(易)被抹去
They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat. 他们急于抹去上次失败的记忆。