as in to erase
to destroy all traces of
when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced
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Recent Examples of efface
The self gets effaced and re-created in so many cross hatches, small threads, and hypnotic patterns.
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Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Boosters of the seed vault sustain the logic of their effort in part by effacing the embarrassment of the flood.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Beijing has also routinely sent ships and aircraft across the median line running through the Taiwan Strait, effacing a de facto boundary that was defined in 1955.
—Isaac Kardon, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
Lee’s joie de vivre infects her co-workers and bosses, who likewise begin to think that loneliness is something to be felt rather than effaced.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Boosters of the seed vault sustain the logic of their effort in part by effacing the embarrassment of the flood.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Beijing has also routinely sent ships and aircraft across the median line running through the Taiwan Strait, effacing a de facto boundary that was defined in 1955.
—Isaac Kardon, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
Lee’s joie de vivre infects her co-workers and bosses, who likewise begin to think that loneliness is something to be felt rather than effaced.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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Still, the Biden administration erased student loan debt for more than 5 million borrowers through other forgiveness programs.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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While the Yankees made two errors in the game, a pickoff play between Fried and Jazz Chisholm Jr. at second base erased a two-base mistake from Oswaldo Cabrera in the fourth.—
Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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What to know to recognize the symptoms How to get rid of acid reflux In most cases, acid reflux can actually be eradicated for good.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Ease of use The goal of a fruit fly trap is to easily and quickly eradicate your population of fruit flies.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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France belatedly abolished slavery in 1848 in its remaining colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guyana, which are still territories of France today.—
Marlene L. Daut,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Legislature eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, making Louisiana the 17th state in a half-century to abolish parole altogether and the first in 24 years to do so.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Efface.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/efface. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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