Efface and Forge

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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

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Forge is an antonym for efface.

Nearby Word: effacing

Forge verb - To move forward along a course.

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Efface is an antonym for forge.

Nearby Words: forged, forging, forger

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