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efface

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Verb

remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
- Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!

make inconspicuous
- efface oneself

remove completely from recognition or memory
- efface the memory of the time in the camps

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Synonyms:
erase rub out score out wipe off obliterate

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "efface":
efficacy effigy efface effuse
Words contain "efface":
efface effaceable effacement self-effacement
Words contain "efface" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
efface obliterate

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