efface
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
remove completely from recognition or memory
efface the memory of the time in the camps
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Sense 2 verb
make inconspicuous
efface oneself
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Sense 3 verb
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eradication |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | blot out |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | slur |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | self-effacement |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | humble |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | expunction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | eraser |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | erasure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | erasure |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | rub |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | delete |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sponge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scratch out |