The Clue
De-file a disk? (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERASE
Tags
Notes
The answer ERASE is very common and appears about once every 27 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cancel
Delete
Destroy
Efface
Eliminate
Expunge
Obliterate
Off
Scrape
Clean the slate
Clear the blackboard
Clear the boards
Clear the chalkboard
Remove from the blackboard
Remove an impression
Remove from the tape
Rewind function
Rub out
Take off
Take out
Totally eliminate
Wipe, as a blackboard
Wipe clean
Wipe out
Do a chalkboard chore
Key on some typewriters
Prepare for reuse, perhaps
Rid of chalk, e.g.
Take marks off
Take off the board
Use art gum
Wipe the board clean
Wipe the slate clean
Get off the drive, say
Use the pink end of a pencil
Clean up after a chalk talk
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