EFFACEMENT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

effacement

noun

Definition of effacement

as in eradication

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Recent Examples of effacement One of the reasons Boseman was such a marvelous actor was his genius for self-effacement, his ability to hold the spotlight without dominating it. — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022 For the aging athlete to continue grinding away, even as their physical prowess begins to fail them, is in some ways a noble act of self-effacement, an abandonment of personal vanity, a repayment of the karmic debt of their natural abilities. — Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022 Such self-effacement is another reason why Britt has struck a chord with so many of his professional collaborators and students. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022 Harris’s insistence on self-effacement and close attention to Black social relations is what makes her commentary effective. — Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for effacement

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Noun

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Reeling from damage to the mollusk industry, the Italian government adopted a blue crab eradication program in 2024.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of eradication

Noun

And post-race Hamilton again noted how Ferrari’s teamwork execution wasn’t handled well — on Saturday or Sunday.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Reducing those delays could allow more accelerators to function as one execution environment.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of execution

Noun

Understandably, supporters may wonder if this disintegration should pose any lasting cause for concern.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Son of a partisan fighter The son of a World War Two partisan fighter killed in 1945, Mladic was an officer in the old communist Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) when Yugoslavia's disintegration began in 1991.

— Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of disintegration

Noun

But Professor Kittrie, who is also a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, says the dismantlement campaign has little chance of succeeding.

— Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
The facility is in the midst of an eight-year dismantlement project.

— Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismantlement

Noun

This is because the costs of maintaining a herd—feed, fertilizer and equipment—have gone up as a result of tariffs and drought, so fewer farmers breed cows for slaughter, which restricts beef supply.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Massie is urging Congress to pass the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act, which would expand federal meat inspection exemptions to include products prepared at local slaughter facilities that are to be sold in the same state.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

Videos of the confrontations got hundreds of thousands of views on social media, a burst of attention for a conservative youth organization that is charting its next chapter after last year's assassination of its leader Charlie Kirk.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Israel invaded southern Lebanon in March after Hezbollah, a Shia Lebanese militant group backed by Iran, resumed strikes on Israel to avenge the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of assassination

Noun

Eric Bana plays Avner, a Mossad operative sent to hunt down the Palestinians whom Israel holds responsible for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
So please do not celebrate Palestinian steadfastness as though we were placed on this earth to provide inspiring images of survival between massacres.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

Dargie claimed that juror inexplicably tied one of the exercise bands Clancy allegedly used in the killing around a water bottle and simulated a strangulation.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
And yet somehow their killing was subject to endless newsroom debates about language and standards.

— Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

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