efface
effaced; effacing; effaces
If something is erased or rubbed out, it has been effaced. Teachers get annoyed to find that someone has effaced the blackboard — even the part clearly marked, "Do Not Erase!"
You can also efface things that are not physical — like effacing feelings, impressions, or memories. When you efface a memory, you wipe it out as well. Some people believe that their good deeds are able to efface their past wrongs. They'll have to rely on others' opinions to see how well that works.
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remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
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remove completely from recognition or memory“efface the memory of the time in the camps”
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synonyms:
obliterate
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blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
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blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil
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make inconspicuous“efface oneself”
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type of:
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humble
cause to be unpretentious
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humble
Vocabulary lists containing efface
While going through notes left by his late Uncle George, Francis Thurston accidentally uncovers a series of dark secrets about an ancient creature.
Martin, a former sailor from a working-class background, educates himself and tries to become a successful writer after falling in love with a wealthy university student.
This pioneering work of photojournalism documents the gulf between life in the rich neighborhoods and poor slums of New York City in the 1880s.
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