Efface and Shape

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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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Shape is an antonym for efface.

Nearby Word: effacing

Shape verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.

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Efface is an antonym for shape.

Nearby Words: shaped, shapeless, shapely, shaping

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