efface
verb (used with object)
to wipe out; do away with; expunge.
have effaced
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present perfectof efface.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Anal is the Freudian word for this sort of heap making, but Stone is unembarrassed and apparently unaware that the details have effaced the drama of Freud's life.
From Time Magazine Archive
My conduct to you then appeared barbarous, but my subsequent behaviour must have effaced from your mind those unfavorable impressions.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
An English teacher of music would have effaced herself—would have shaken with nervousness and scowled at her pupils.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
She wrote to the Procureur du Roi, demanding an exhumation, with the belief, no doubt, that time would have effaced the poison.
From She Stands Accused by Victor MacClure
Moreover, many cataclysms have occurred which have effaced the traces of many events.
From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
