efface

English Thesaurus

1. remove completely from recognition or memory (verb.change)

hypernym	:	blur, dim, slur,
definition	:	become vague or indistinct (verb.change)

verb group	:	blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil,
definition	:	make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (verb.change)

2. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	cancel, delete,
definition	:	remove or make invisible (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	sponge,
definition	:	erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	cut out, scratch out,
definition	:	strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out (verb.contact)

entail	:	rub,
definition	:	move over something with pressure (verb.contact)

3. make inconspicuous (verb.emotion)

hypernym	:	humble,
definition	:	cause to be unpretentious (verb.emotion)

4. remove completely from recognition or memory (verb.change)

derivation	:	annihilation, obliteration,
definition	:	destruction by annihilating something (noun.act)

derivation	:	eradication, obliteration,
definition	:	the complete destruction of every trace of something (noun.event)

5. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing (verb.contact)

derivation	:	erasure, expunction, expunging,
definition	:	deletion by an act of expunging or erasing (noun.act)

derivation	:	eraser,
definition	:	an implement used to erase something (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	erasure,
definition	:	a surface area where something has been erased (noun.communication)

derivation	:	erasure,
definition	:	a correction made by erasing (noun.communication)

6. make inconspicuous (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	effacement, self-effacement,
definition	:	withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous (noun.act)

7. remove completely from recognition or memory (verb.change)

derivation	:	annihilation, obliteration,
definition	:	destruction by annihilating something (noun.act)

derivation	:	eradication, obliteration,
definition	:	the complete destruction of every trace of something (noun.event)

8. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing (verb.contact)

derivation	:	erasure, expunction, expunging,
definition	:	deletion by an act of expunging or erasing (noun.act)

derivation	:	eraser,
definition	:	an implement used to erase something (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	erasure,
definition	:	a surface area where something has been erased (noun.communication)

derivation	:	erasure,
definition	:	a correction made by erasing (noun.communication)

9. make inconspicuous (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	effacement, self-effacement,
definition	:	withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous (noun.act)