Efface and Kill off

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

Kill off and efface are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kill off" instead a verb "Efface".

Nearby Word: effacing

Kill off

Kill off verb - Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many.
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Efface and kill off are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Efface" instead a verb "Kill off".
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