VERB | change | efface, obliterate | remove completely from recognition or memory |
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emotion | efface | make inconspicuous | |
contact | efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing |
Sounds | ihfey's | |
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Rhymes | ace / ACE ... workplace: 67 rhymes with eys... |
Meaning | Remove completely from recognition or memory. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "efface the memory of the time in the camps" | |
Synonym | obliterate | |
Broader | blur, dim, slur | Become vague or indistinct |
Similar to | obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
Spanish | borrar, obliterar | |
Catalan | eliminar, esborrar, obliterar, treure |
Meaning | make inconspicuous. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "efface oneself" | |
Broader | humble | Cause to be unpretentious |
Spanish | desvanecer | |
Nouns | effacement | withdrawing into the background |
Meaning | Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | erase, rub out, score out, wipe off | |
Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
Narrower | scratch out, cut out | strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out |
sponge | Erase with a sponge | |
Broader | delete, cancel | Remove or make invisible |
Spanish | borrar | |
Catalan | esborrar |
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