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efface
(/I/'f/eI/s )

verb (v)

  • remove completely from recognition or memory(verb.change)
    Example:
    Efface the memory of the time in the camps.
    Synonym:
    obliterate
    source: wordnet30
  • make inconspicuous(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    Efface oneself.
    source: wordnet30
  • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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