Word

efface, v.
(effaced, effaces, effacing)
freq. cnt. 2

remove completely from recognition or memory
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

efface obliterate

sample sentences

"efface the memory of the time in the camps"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

obliteration obliteration

semantic pointers

hypernym

blur, dim, slur

verb group

blot out, obliterate, obscure, veil, hide

remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
<verb.contact>

efface erase rub out score out wipe off

sample sentences

"Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

erasure eraser erasure erasure

semantic pointers

entailment

hypernym

hyponym

sponge scratch out, cut out

make inconspicuous
<verb.emotion>

efface

sample sentences

"efface oneself"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym