The Meaning of efface

• (v. t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
• (v. t.) To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.

Synonyms

obliterate , erase , rub out , score out , wipe off

Rhymes

ace , aerospace , airspace , anyplace , apace , arianespace , base , bass , birthplace , boldface , bookcase , brace , briefcase , caisse , case , cayce , chace , chase , commonplace , crace , cyberspace , dace , database , debase , deface , degrace , diabase , diastase , disgrace , displace , embrace , encase , erase , everyplace , face , fireplace , footrace , frace , glace , grace , heyse , incase , interface , interlace , lace , lactase , lambastes , left-brace , lovelace , mace , mais , marketplace , misplace , nace , orthoclase , outpace , pace , place , plagioclase , polymerase , race , replace , retrace , right-brace , scarface , shoelace , showcase , showplace , someplace , space , staircase , steeplechase , streptokinase , suitcase , thrace , trace , typeface , vase , wace , wheelbase , workplace