efface
Example Sentences
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"You may have the power to bring down the government. But you cannot efface reality," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
It’s exceedingly unlikely that Leo had anything to do with her murder, but the show doesn’t efface her tragedy, even as it reckons with the gravity of Leo’s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
Even his too-muchness, though, had its source in a rich and vivid queer identity he alternately skirted, trumpeted and refuted but could never successfully efface.
From New York Times • May 11, 2020
The wind that exposed the ancient buildings now promises to efface them altogether in a short time.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2019
They seemed very small, and they tried to efface themselves in outside neglect, and the wild overgrown front yards tried to hide them from the street.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing efface
100 SAT Words Beginning with "E"
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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