Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Efface
Efface verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced
Nearby Word: effacing
Cite this Source
Efface and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/efface
Cut & Efface. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/efface>.
Efface or Cut. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/efface.
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