ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEefface
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efface
Meaning: to erase, remove, or make less noticeable
efface in a sentence
How efface is used in real sentences:
Years of rain began to efface the inscription on the stone.
The restoration should not efface the building's original character.
“The error was patent: three iron monuments formed a straight line above the creek, while the new posts wandered downhill as if intended to efface the older claim.”
— from the passage The Marker on the Slope
“Harbor sought to efface every trace of the maker's hand, polishing bowls until each became the epitome of cool, impersonal precision.”
— from the passage Clay and Conviction
Synonyms for efface
Other words for efface — erase, obliterate and remove — carry the same meaning.
- erase
- obliterate
- remove
Antonyms of efface
Words that mean the opposite of efface:
- preserve
- emphasize
- highlight
Where it comes from
From French effacer, meaning 'to wipe out,' literally 'to remove the face.'
Memory hook
EFFACE contains FACE: to efface a mark is to wipe its face away.