Wipe

WIPE

-verb (trans.)

1. to rub (a surface or object) lightly, especially with (a cloth, hand, etc.), as in removing dust, water, grime, etc.

2. usually followed by “off”, “away”, “from”, “up”, etc. . to remove by or as if by rubbing lightly

3. to eradicate or cancel (a thought, memory, etc.)

4. to erase a recording from (an audio or video tape)

5. (Australian, informal) to abandon or reject (a person)

6. to apply (oil, grease, etc.) by wiping

7. to form (a joint between two lead pipes) with solder or soft lead

-noun

8. the act or an instance of wiping

9. (in film editing) an effect causing the transition from one scene to the next in which the image of the first scene appears to be wiped off the screen by that of the second

10. (dialect) a sweeping blow or stroke

11. (British, dialect) a gibe or jeer

12. (obsolete) a slang name for handkerchief

You can still read

Decipher the menace

Rows of children in fear

Wiped from memory

Records in sepia