efface

Definition of efface

Verbs

remove completely from recognition or memory
"efface the memory of the time in the camps"
Synonyms:
obliterate
blot out, hide, obscure, veil
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Type of:
blur, dim, slur
become vague or indistinct
make inconspicuous
"efface oneself"
Type of:
humble
cause to be unpretentious
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
Synonyms:
erase, rub out, score out, wipe off
Types:
sponge
erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
cut out, scratch out
strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
Type of:
cancel, delete
remove or make invisible

Vocabulary Lists for efface

GRE Super 4800 Plus »(4851 words)
  • abase
  • abash
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

GRE remedial list large »(500 words)
  • abnegation
  • abrogate
  • abscission
  • abscond
  • abstemious

charge d'affaires »(415 words)
  • abnegation
  • abrogate
  • abstruse
  • abysmal
  • accoutre

Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 »(412 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
  • habituate
  • neutralised
  • coherently
  • corrode
  • predispose

Ambrose Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge »(14 words)
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist,...
  • embrasure
  • fixity
  • hemp
  • knell
  • secessionist

Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT »(1449 words)
  • noxious
  • spur
  • speck
  • bound
  • repugnance

feelings »(5461 words)
open
  • happy
  • alive
  • good
  • understanding
  • great

Words that contain efface

effaceable
 effacement
 self-effacement