effaced; effacing
1
: to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
coins with dates effaced by wear
also
: to cause to vanish
daylight effaced the stars
2
: to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous
effacer
noun
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Examples of efface in a Sentence
coins with dates effaced by wear
a memory effaced by time
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The white exterior peered at me with flat orifices obscured through the mist, barely distinguishable from the dark sky behind it, as though all the world beyond the dome was cut from the same slab, only slightly effaced.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
The self gets effaced and re-created in so many cross hatches, small threads, and hypnotic patterns.
—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
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
The self gets effaced and re-created in so many cross hatches, small threads, and hypnotic patterns.
—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
See all Example Sentences for efface
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“Efface.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efface. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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