What is the meaning of efface?

Remove completely from recognition or memory.
- usage: "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
- synonyms: obliterate
Make inconspicuous.
- usage: "efface oneself"
Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.
- usage: "Please erase the formula on the blackboard-it is wrong"
- synonyms: erase, rub out, score out, wipe off

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