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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for efface
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This game won’t erase the lingering feelings in the Lions’ locker room about how that game unfolded.Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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After leaving a voicemail for his childhood love, Nancy (Julianne Moore), on a drunken New Year's Eve, Jack (Alec Baldwin) is determined to erase the message at any cost.Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
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Individual errors cannot be eradicated entirely, but must be reduced.Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in 1980, but stocks of the virus still exist in U.S. and Russian biocontainment facilities.Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Hungary has abolished income tax for mothers under the age of 30.Angela Saini, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2024
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Billionaire Elon Musk, a close Trump adviser who is leading an effort to curb bureaucracy, has called for abolishing the agency.Manya Saini, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Efface.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/efface. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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