EFFACED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

effaced

verb

past tense of efface

as in erased

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

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Recent Examples of effaced Their displacement, whether to touristed shorelines, museums, or expositions, effaced much of their meaning. — Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026

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The Cubs offense quickly erased the 1-0 deficit behind four consecutive hitters reaching with two outs in the top of the second.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
The Athletics erased a two-run deficit with a run in the fourth, two in the fifth and two in sixth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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Murrill told lawmakers last year that defending the state against these claims consumes an enormous amount of time and resources and that the fund should be abolished altogether.

— Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026
The controversy intensified in June when the region’s Supreme Court ruled the seats are protected under the constitution and cannot be abolished without a constitutional amendment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

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Most of the hospitals are taken over by gangs or have been destroyed, and … the economy’s not good.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Two grandparents and their 3-year-old grandson were killed after multiple Russian drones destroyed their home in the Brovary district of Kyiv region, northeast of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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