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Efface Common

Efface has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

remove completely from recognition or memory

"efface the memory of the time in the camps"

2

make inconspicuous

"efface oneself"

3

remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

"Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

4

To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.

Example Sentences
"efface the memory of the time in the camps" verb
"efface oneself" verb
"Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" verb
See Also
indiscernible effacer inobtrusive indelible modesty disappear dislimn imminent abortion
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
blur humble delete
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sponge scratch out
Rhyming Words
ace hace pace face race lace wace jace tace mace bace glace trace chace apace stace brace space arace place
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