efface

Verb
  1. Remove completely from recognition or memory (synset 200312120)
    "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
    is a type of: blur, dim, slur - become vague or indistinct
    same as: obliterate
    verb group: blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  2. Make inconspicuous (synset 201804771)
    "efface oneself"
    is a type of: humble - cause to be unpretentious
  3. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing (synset 201551500)
    "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
    entail: rub - move over something with pressure
    is a type of: cancel, delete - remove or make invisible
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: erase, rub out, score out, wipe off

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