efface (v.)

  1. remove completely from recognition or memory; efface the memory of the time in the camps

    [ Syn: obliterate ]

  2. make inconspicuous; efface oneself'

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

    [ Syn: erase , rub out , score out , wipe off ]

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