vverb.changeremove completely from recognition or memorySynset:obliterate
Examples:- efface the memory of the time in the camps
Derivationally Related Form:obliteration
Hypernyms:blur dim slur
Inherited Hypernyms:obliterateblurweakendecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.emotionmake inconspicuousDerivationally Related Form:effacement
Hypernyms:humble
Inherited Hypernyms:effacehumblechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.contactremove by or as if by rubbing or erasingSynset:erase rub out score out wipe off
Examples:- Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
Derivationally Related Form:erasererasure
Hypernyms:cancel delete
Inherited Hypernyms:erasedeleteremove
Direct Hyponyms:cut outscratch outsponge
Entailment:rub
Full Troponyms:scratch outsponge
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something