EFFACE Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

efface

verb

i-ˈfās

Definition of efface

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 Other works lay bare the kinds of debts that capitalism effaces in order to sustain a fantasy of frictionlessness. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026 Their struggle has upturned the tabletop candle that illuminates the scene and any moment will surely extinguish it, effacing the giddy pattern formed by the writhing bodies and glowing, veiny bladder skin. — Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Each offers a lesson for tomorrow’s leaders who want to leverage this technology without effacing the human touch. — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026 This collection represents his earnest and thrilling mission to efface the line between poetry and prose, to introduce us to the possibility that each is affirmed and made complete by the other. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for efface

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Still, her father’s dinner does not erase his refusal to recognize her gender; his refusal does not make the dinner or hospital bill imaginary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
But that doesn’t erase the fact that Gromit breaking kayfabe for his memoir sucks.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of erase

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But somehow, in the midst of all this frat-boy revelry, Ilya is able to outline his vision for the future, one in which AI will have solved numerous human problems, including eradicating not only cancer but also loneliness and unhappiness.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
This park is the result of the Tompkins’ passion for this part of the world and their desire to rewild this part of Chile that had been overfarmed and overgrazed to the point of almost eradicating its native flora and fauna.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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This endeavor is not easy, and these companies are strongly advocating for abolishing the leap second.

— Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Amendment, which abolished slavery and argued that loopholes in the amendment helped pave the way for the mass incarceration of Black Americans.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

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