Efface and Mend

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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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Mend is an antonym for efface.

Nearby Word: effacing

Mend verb - To put into good shape or working order again.

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Efface is an antonym for mend.

Nearby Words: mended, mending, mender

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Mend and Efface. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/efface/mend

Efface & Mend. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/efface/mend>.

Mend or Efface. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/efface/mend.

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