Efface and Protect

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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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Protect is an antonym for efface.

Nearby Word: effacing

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Efface is an antonym for protect.

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

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