EFFACING Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word effacing. (close relations)
Definition of EFFACING
effacement
Best Alternative Words for EFFACING
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expunging | verbv | |||||||
noun • deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | ||||||||
deleting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • remove or make invisible • wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information • cut or eliminate | ||||||||
eliminating | verbv | |||||||
verb • terminate, end, or take out • get rid of something • kill in large numbers • dismiss from consideration or a contest • eliminate from the body • remove from a contest or race • remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | ||||||||
eradicating | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill in large numbers • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||||
erasing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
verb • remove from memory or existence • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing • wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information | ||||||||
obliterating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • reduced to nothingness verb • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing • remove completely from recognition or memory • do away with completely, without leaving a trace | ||||||||
erase | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove from memory or existence • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing • wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information | ||||||||
obliterate | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • reduced to nothingness verb • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing • remove completely from recognition or memory • do away with completely, without leaving a trace | ||||||||
rub out | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | ||||||||
score out | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | ||||||||
wipe off | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove by wiping • remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing |