What is "efface" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does efface mean in English? Meaning of efface definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "efface" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "efface": remove completely from recognition or memory

Verb

  • Meaning: remove completely from recognition or memory
  • Example: efface the memory of the time in the camps
  • Synonyms: efface obliterate
  • Hypernyms: blur dim slur
  • Meaning of "efface": make inconspicuous

    Verb

  • Meaning: make inconspicuous
  • Example: efface oneself
  • Synonyms: efface
  • Hypernyms: humble
  • Meaning of "efface": remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

    Verb

  • Meaning: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  • Example: Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
  • Synonyms: efface erase rub out score out wipe off
  • Hyponyms: cut out scratch out sponge
  • Hypernyms: cancel delete
  • Synonyms:

    expunge, edit, obliterate, eliminate, fade, cancel, destroy, delete, rub out, wipe out, blue-pencil, blot out, cross out, scratch out, white out,

    Antonyms:

    construct, create, improve, build,

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