efface

/i'feis/
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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To erase or remove something completely, as if by rubbing or wiping away: This is the primary meaning, referring to the physical or metaphorical act of making something disappear or obliterating it.
    • To make oneself inconspicuous or to withdraw from notice: This meaning involves deliberately behaving in a way that avoids attention or prominence.
    • To remove completely from recognition or memory: This sense refers to the act of eradicating something from conscious awareness or historical record.
Usage Examples
  • Verb (to erase/remove):
    • Time and weather had begun to efface the inscription on the old tombstone.
    • The artist tried to efface the mistake from the canvas.
  • Verb (to make inconspicuous):
    • In the presence of the famous speaker, she effaced herself and listened quietly.
  • Verb (to remove from memory):
    • He wished he could efface the painful memory of that day.
Advanced Usage
  • "to efface oneself": This is a fixed reflexive phrase meaning to deliberately avoid drawing attention to oneself, to be modest or self-effacing.
    • As a new member of the team, he chose to efface himself and learn from the experienced colleagues.
Variants and Related Words
  • Effacement (n): The act or process of effacing; the state of being effaced.
    • The effacement of the ancient city's ruins was a great loss to archaeology.
  • Self-effacing (adj): Not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest.
    • She was a brilliant but self-effacing scientist who rarely gave interviews.
Synonyms
  • Erase: To remove written or drawn marks.
  • Obliterate: To destroy utterly; wipe out.
  • Expunge: To strike or blot out; erase completely.
  • Blot out: To obscure or wipe out.
  • Eradicate: To destroy completely; put an end to.
Antonyms
  • Emblazon: To inscribe or decorate conspicuously.
  • Highlight: To emphasize or make prominent.
  • Perpetuate: To make something continue indefinitely.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Efface from memory/mind: To consciously try to forget something.
    • She tried to efface the embarrassing incident from her memory.
  • Efface the traces/evidence: To remove all signs of something.
    • The criminal attempted to efface all traces of his presence at the scene.
Verb
  1. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
    • Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
  2. make inconspicuous
    • efface oneself
  3. remove completely from recognition or memory
    • efface the memory of the time in the camps

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