as in to erase
to destroy all traces of
when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced
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Recent Examples of efface
Lee’s joie de vivre infects her co-workers and bosses, who likewise begin to think that loneliness is something to be felt rather than effaced.
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Agnes spends the series sheathed in a drab, severe outfit that effaces her as a person, couture from the House of Orwell.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
All the conflict and violence contained within this West Bank scene could not quite efface the beauty of it, as if the possibility of peace still lived somewhere, awaiting some unlikely rebirth of statesmanship.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
The movie’s preening title (effacing Everett’s Erasure, from 2001) raises impossible expectations.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Agnes spends the series sheathed in a drab, severe outfit that effaces her as a person, couture from the House of Orwell.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
All the conflict and violence contained within this West Bank scene could not quite efface the beauty of it, as if the possibility of peace still lived somewhere, awaiting some unlikely rebirth of statesmanship.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
The movie’s preening title (effacing Everett’s Erasure, from 2001) raises impossible expectations.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
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And what a loss that would be, erasing the splashes of yellow and orange every fall and silencing the quaking of the leaves.Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
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Compared to its March peak of $123, the price has plunged over 85%, erasing over $55 billion in value.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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California has spent millions eradicating invasive species like nutria, Atlantic cordgrass and the European green crab.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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By eradicating the metal wire, EBY instead opted for a nylon thread, taking over the duty of the wire.Essence, Essence, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Tesla billionaire spent Thanksgiving with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. MORE: Some ethics experts raise concerns over Musk and Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency roles Earlier this week, Musk proposed abolishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2024
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His transition team is reportedly working on plans to abolish the tax credits and to roll back the more stringent fuel-economy rules that were pushed through by the Biden administration.Tom Krisher, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Efface.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/efface. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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