Synonyms of effaces

effaces

verb

present tense third-person singular of efface

as in erases

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erases
• eradicates
• abolishes
• destroys
• obliterates
• annihilates
• stamps (out)
• cancels
• liquidates
• shatters
• expunges
• roots (out)
• exterminates
• demolishes
• wipes out
• extirpates
• sweeps (away)
• blots out
• ravages
• cleans (up)
• blacks out
• dismantles
• kills
• discards
• flattens
• snuffs (out)
• ruins
• consumes
• devastates
• dissolves
• rubs out
• fragments
• decimates
• wrecks
• wastes
• devours
• atomizes
• ejects
• pulverizes
• terminates
• dashes
• totals
• smashes
• expels
• dooms
• mows (down)
• razes
• finishes
• excises
• tears down
• ditches
• powders
• jettisons
• kills off
• ousts
• blasts
• splinters
• blows up
• zaps
• dynamites
• cuts
• throws out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• preserves
• saves
• conserves
• creates
• forms
• makes
• builds
• shapes
• manufactures
• constructs
• frames
• forges
• restores
• fashions
• reconstructs
• renews
• repairs
• fabricates
• fixes
• reconditions
• rebuilds
• renovates
• mends
• revamps
• patches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of effaces

The explosion of malice effaces them in different ways, and James traces the mechanisms of their vanishing, examining how a person’s life can be compressed into smaller and smaller spaces. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Other works lay bare the kinds of debts that capitalism effaces in order to sustain a fantasy of frictionlessness. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026