| VERB | change | efface, obliterate | remove completely from recognition or memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ace / ACE ... workplace: 67 rhymes with eys... | |
| Meaning | Remove completely from recognition or memory. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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