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efface

verb

remove completely from recognition or memory

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
E
Ends with
E
Contains
FF
Scrabble score
14

How it sounds

Pronunciation

əˈfeɪs

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Definitions

verb

  1. remove completely from recognition or memory

    “efface the memory of the time in the camps”

verb

  1. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

    “Please erase the formula on the blackboard — it is wrong!”

verb

  1. make inconspicuous

    “efface oneself”

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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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