Efface

v. t.	1.	To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin. [imp. & p. p. Effaced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing .]
	2.	To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away. Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. - Bacon.

Verb	1.	efface - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" Synonyms: obliterate
	2.	efface - make inconspicuous; "efface onself"
	3.	efface - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" Synonyms: rub out, score out, wipe off, erase

annul, black out, blot, blot out, cancel, cross out, dele, delete, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exclude, expunge, extirpate, raze, rub out, rule out, scratch, scratch out, sponge, sponge out, strike out, wipe out