Efface (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Wipe Off
• Score Out
• Rub Out
• Erase

Hypernyms

• Delete
• Cancel

Hyponyms

• Cut Out
• Scratch Out
• Sponge

Meaning ²

Make inconspicuous; "efface oneself".

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Related Words

• Effacement (noun)

Meaning ³

Remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Obliterate

Hypernyms

• Slur
• Blur