Efface and Total

Efface

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

Total and efface are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Total" instead a verb "Efface".

Nearby Word: effacing

Total

Total verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago

Efface and total are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Efface" instead a verb "Total".

Nearby Words: totaled, tot, totality, totaling, totalled
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