EFFACE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • remove completely from recognition or memory
   Synonym(s)
   • obliterate (what does obliterate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • efface the memory of the time in the camps
   Hypernyms(s) efface is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • blur (what does blur mean?)
   • dim (what does dim mean?)
   • slur (what does slur mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • eradication (what does eradication mean?)
   • obliteration (what does obliteration mean?)
   • annihilation (what does annihilation mean?)
   • obliteration (what does obliteration mean?)
2. Meaning
   • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
   Synonym(s)
   • erase (what does erase mean?)
   • rub out (what does rub out mean?)
   • score out (what does score out mean?)
   • wipe off (what does wipe off mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Please erase the formula on the blackboard–it is wrong!
   Hypernyms(s) efface is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • delete (what does delete mean?)
   • cancel (what does cancel mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • scratch out (what does scratch out mean?)
   • cut out (what does cut out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • erasure (what does erasure mean?)
   • expunction (what does expunction mean?)
   • expunging (what does expunging mean?)
   • erasure (what does erasure mean?)
   • erasure (what does erasure mean?)
   • eraser (what does eraser mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • rub (what does rub mean?)
3. Meaning
   • make inconspicuous
   Usage Example(s)
   • efface onself
   Hypernyms(s) efface is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • humble (what does humble mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • effacement (what does effacement mean?)
   • self-effacement (what does self-effacement mean?)