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efface
verb
remove completely from recognition or memory
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- E
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- FFAC
- Scrabble score
- 14
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
əˈfeɪs
Meaning
Definitions
verb
remove completely from recognition or memory
“efface the memory of the time in the camps”
verb
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
“Please erase the formula on the blackboard — it is wrong!”
verb
make inconspicuous
“efface oneself”
In context
Example Sentences
efface the memory of the time in the camps
Please erase the formula on the blackboard — it is wrong!
efface oneself
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