efface

[US]/ɪˈfeɪs/
[UK]/ɪˈfeɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.erase; wipe off;;make oneself unnoticed.
Word Forms
Third Person Singulareffaces
Past Tenseeffaced
Past Participleeffaced
Present Participleeffacing
Pluraleffaces

Example Sentences

with time, the words are effaced by the frost and the rain.

tried to efface prejudice from his mind.

It takes many years to efface the unpleasant memories of a war.

Someone has effaced part of the address on his letter.

The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruins from my memory.

his anger was effaced when he stepped into the open air.

Amniotomy is an effective method of labor induction when performed in women with partially dilated and effaced cervices.

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