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Meanings of
efface
in English
Portuguese
apagar
Catalan
esborrar
Spanish
borrar
Back to the meaning
Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.
erase
delete
rub out
score out
wipe off
Portuguese
apagar
Catalan
esborrar
Spanish
borrar
Back to the meaning
Remove completely from recognition or memory.
obliterate
Catalan
esborrar
Usage of
efface
in English
1
His general demeanour tends to
efface
his foreign descent from the mind.
2
No amount of scrubbing could quite
efface
the traces of the catastrophe.
3
These advantages have often been enough to
efface
every idea of danger.
4
Your celebrity will
efface
that of the Montargis and St. Bernard heroes.
5
Hetty, who divined it, went the swiftest way to
efface
the memory.
6
Neither years nor decades would
efface
the wrong inflicted upon me to-day.
7
Barbarism itself has not been able to
efface
the strong primeval impression.
8
Do what he would, he could not
efface
the marks of blood.
9
He would
efface
himself from her life and see her no more.
10
Eternity might pass over these recollections, and it would not
efface
them.
11
He forgot his resolution to
efface
himself, and whipped his horse forward.
12
A few peasants, badly armed, might easily
efface
all traces of it.
13
What can
efface
the deep imprint of the first solicitations of love?
14
To
efface
superiority, such men pretend to unify manners, customs, and situations.
15
Command me as thou wilt; let me
efface
myself to worship thee!
16
I cried, 'could I not at least
efface
some of these images?'
Other examples for "efface"
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About this term
efface
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
efface from
efface the memory
efface all traces
efface such
efface a spot
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Translations for
efface
Portuguese
apagar
Catalan
esborrar
eliminar
treure
obliterar
Spanish
borrar
Efface
through the time
Efface
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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