Efface and Repair

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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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Repair is an antonym for efface.

Nearby Word: effacing

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

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Efface is an antonym for repair.

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