Efface and Renew

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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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Renew is an antonym for efface.

Nearby Word: effacing

Renew verb - To bring back to a former condition or vigor.

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Efface is an antonym for renew.

Nearby Words: renewal, renewing, renewable

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