indelible, forgo, erase, fangs of remorse

“For this moment, this one moment, we are together. I press you to me. Come, pain, feed on me. Bury your fangs in my flesh. Tear me asunder. I sob, I sob.”
― Virginia Woolf, The Waves

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An example is Colleen, a widow in her 80s who told me that she’d been very close to her unmarried sister throughout their lives, though they never discussed their personal problems. An image of these sisters has remained indelible in my mind.

forgo	(verb) Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.
Synonyms:	foreswear, waive, dispense with, relinquish
Usage:	The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold.

• 発音記号[fɔːrgóu]

[動]（-went, -gone）(他)((形式))〈楽しみ・便宜などを〉慎む, 控える, 遠慮する；…なしで済ませる；…を捨てる, やめる

forgo one's accustomed visit to the theater
いつもの劇場通いを控える.

for・go・er

[名]

in·del·i·ble (ĭn-dĕl'ə-bəl)
adj.

1. Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent: indelible ink.
2. Making a mark not easily erased or washed away: an indelible pen for labeling clothing.
3. Unable to be forgotten; memorable: an indelible memory.

[Alteration of earlier indeleble, from Latin indēlēbilis : in-, not; see in-¹ + dēlēbilis, capable of being effaced (from dēlēre, to wipe out).]

indelibility in·del'i·bil'i·ty or in·del'i·ble·ness n.
indelibly in·del'i·bly adv.

• 発音記号[indéləbl]

[形]

1 〈よごれ・印象・思い出が〉消すことのできない, ぬぐいきれない

an indelible impression
忘れられない印象.

2 〈ペン・鉛筆・インクが〉消えない跡を残す

indelible ink
消えないインキ.

in・dèl・i・bíl・i・ty

[名]

in・del・i・bly

[副]

erase[e・rase]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[iréis | iréiz]

[動](他)

1 〈文字などを〉（黒板・紙などから）ぬぐい消す((from ...))；〈黒板・録音テープを〉消す, 消磁する

erase his name from the record
記録から彼の名前を消す.

2 〈氏名などを〉（リストから）削除［抹消, 抹殺］する((from ...)).

3 《コンピュータ》〈データを〉消す, 消去する.

4 ((形式))〈効力・利益などを〉無にする；帳消しにする.

5 …を（記憶から）ぬぐい去る, 忘れる((from ...))

erase a person from one's mind
人のことを忘れ去る.

6 ((俗))〈人を〉殺す, ばらす.

━━(自)

1 たやすく消える.

2 文字［記号など］を消す.

［ラテン語ērāsus （ē-離れて＋rādereこすり消す＋-sus過去分詞語尾）］

e・rás・a・ble

[形]




fang

1. [名]
2. 1 （蛇の）毒牙(が)；（肉食動物の）牙(きば)；牙に似た歯；（クモの）鋏(きょう)角.
3. 2 歯根；((略式))歯.
4. 3 （物の）とがった先；（小刀などの）小身(こみ), 中子(なかご).

1. draw a person's fangs
   • 〈人を〉無力にする，の牙を抜く.

1. fanged
   • [形]牙のある.

The four canines, or fangs, of a domestic cat. (The largest two teeth of the top and bottom rows of teeth.)

A fang is a long, pointed tooth. ^[1] In mammals, a fang is a canine tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a venom-injecting tooth (see snake venom). Spiders also havefangs, which are part of the chelicerae.