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1. Remove completely from recognition or memory
   "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
   - obliterate
    
2. Make inconspicuous
   "efface oneself"
    
3. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
   "Please efface the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
   - erase, rub out, score out, wipe off

Derived forms: effaced, effacing, effaces

See also: effacement

Type of: blur, cancel, delete, dim, humble, slur