efface[verb]Synonyms: obliterate, blot out, cancel, delete, destroy, eradicate, erase, rub out, wipe out
Related Words: eradicate,
extirpate,
eliminate,
exclude,
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ef‧face /ɪˈfeɪs/
verb [transitive] formal[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: effacer, from face 'face, appearance']
1. to destroy or remove something
Synonym : erase ⇒
deface:
Nothing can efface the last picture I have of them from my mind.2. efface yourself to behave in a quiet way so that people do not notice or look at you
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self-effacing [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲