Erase / remove / delete / eliminate / wipe out...
Which verb is correct in this sentence?
Go to the forest and make the tiger's body disappear, but don't *** its tracks.
I would say the most idiomatic of them all is "erase", but I am not completely sure.
Is it possible to use another one different of the five I mentioned above?
Of course, in this context, "tracks" means footprints, marks, etc.
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I would say "erase" or "wipe away" the tracks would be the most common usage. Those would suggest the actual bodily movements necessary. Remove, delete, eliminate are more abstract and formal.
- I would say "erase" or "wipe away" the tracks would be the most common usage.
- Those would suggest the actual bodily movements necessary.
- Remove, delete, eliminate are more abstract and formal.
- And, yes, there are several other words you could use, such as "rub out," scrub," "obliterate,"etc.
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I would say "erase" or "wipe away" the tracks would be the most common usage. Those would suggest the actual bodily movements necessary. Remove, delete, eliminate are more abstract and formal. And, yes, there are several other words you could use, such as "rub out," scrub," "obliterate,"etc.
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