Efface

/əˈfeɪs/

Synonyms for "efface" (41 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Verb(2 words)

erase obliterate

annihilate annulblack outblotblot outblunt blur

Strong matches (12)

cancelcross outdele delete eliminate eradicate erase exclude

Verb(3 words)

conceal eradicateerase observations

Noun(1 words)

erase energy data

Related words (20)

expunge extirpate obliterate razerub outrule outscratchscratch outspongesponge outstrike outwipe out

Verb(8 words)

expunge hide obliterated removerub outscore outwipe offwithdraw

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

blur cancel conceal delete dim erase humble remove slur vanish

More specific

6 entries

concealment disappearance eradicate erasure obliterate obliteration

Collocations

6 entries

evidence inscriptions manuscripts memory records traces

Inflections

3 entries

effaced effaces effacing

Derivations

2 entries

effaceable effacement

similar

5 entries

blot outhide obliterate obscure veil

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I tried to efface the memory of her tears.

Source: tatoeba (261080)

The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to efface from our minds the grim and grey impression which had been left upon both of us by our first experience of Baskerville Hall.

Source: tatoeba (6606826)

True to his Paphian mother, trace by trace, / slowly the Love-god with prevenient art, / begins the lost Sychaeus to efface, / and living passion to a breast impart / long dead to feeling, and a vacant heart.

Source: tatoeba (6800224)

Do not efface what I've written on the chalkboard.

Source: wiktionary

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