Synonyms of effaced

effaced

verb

past tense of efface

as in erased

to destroy all traces of

when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erased
• eradicated
• abolished
• destroyed
• obliterated
• expunged
• annihilated
• exterminated
• swept (away)
• extirpated
• shattered
• canceled
• liquidated
• wiped out
• stamped (out)
• demolished
• cleaned (up)
• rooted (out)
• blotted out
• ruined
• killed
• dismantled
• discarded
• blacked out
• flattened
• snuffed (out)
• rubbed out
• ravaged
• consumed
• devastated
• dissolved
• decimated
• wrecked
• razed
• wasted
• dashed
• fragmented
• finished
• pulverized
• smashed
• excised
• ejected
• totaled
• doomed
• expelled
• powdered
• devoured
• terminated
• splintered
• tore down
• atomized
• blasted
• mowed (down)
• dynamited
• ousted
• blew up
• jettisoned
• zapped
• cut
• killed off
• threw out
• ditched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preserved
• protected
• saved
• made
• created
• formed
• built
• constructed
• shaped
• conserved
• forged
• manufactured
• fabricated
• framed
• restored
• fashioned
• reconstructed
• fixed
• renewed
• repaired
• rebuilt
• renovated
• patched
• mended
• reconditioned
• revamped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of effaced

Their displacement, whether to touristed shorelines, museums, or expositions, effaced much of their meaning. — Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026