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ef·face
 efface
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- pronunciation:
- ih
feIs
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
effaces, effacing, effaced |
| definition 1: |
to cause to disappear; destroy.
The earthquake effaced all traces of the ancient city.The police arrived before he could efface the evidence.- synonyms:
- blot out, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, extirpate, obliterate, wipe out
- similar words:
- abolish, annihilate, destroy, do away with, exterminate, extinguish, raze, remove, stamp out
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| definition 2: |
to erase by or as if by rubbing out.
The artist's signature had been effaced.- synonyms:
- erase, expunge, obliterate, rub
- similar words:
- cross out, delete, remove
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| definition 3: |
to withdraw (oneself) from others' notice.
- similar words:
- shy, withdraw
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| related words: |
cross, eradicate, obliterate |
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| derivations: |
effaceable (adj.), effacement (n.), effacer (n.) |
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