EFFACEMENT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

effacement

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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

That’s why, to Hamid Jafari, director of polio eradication for the WHO and a former director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Global Health, infrastructure isn’t an abstract buzzword.

— Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
In counties where hog eradication efforts were coordinated, however, the average claim for cornfield acres damaged from wildlife declined to 10 acres per policy.

— Aaron Smith, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of eradication

Noun

At night, Axira leads a secret operation, smuggling the ruler’s Heartfillers — until one mistake results in her execution date, per the book’s synopsis.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Despite the jury recommending life without parole, the judge went against their wishes and imposed a state execution.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of execution

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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
Slow disintegration also appears in a triptych of videos by Ismail Ghanbari (facilitated by Tala Madani but not credited as a collaboration).

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of disintegration

Noun

The facility is in the midst of an eight-year dismantlement project.

— Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Under such an approach, negotiations would focus first on halting the production and advancement of nuclear weapons, rather than demanding the dismantlement of North Korea's existing arsenal at the outset.

— Se Eun Gong, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismantlement

Noun

Recoiling from the mass slaughter of animals, the authors question the linkage of reason and the soul.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
The bureau did not pause sales to Jones after four horses sold to him were reportedly discovered at an auction in Tennessee that’s frequented by slaughter buyers.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of slaughter

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On September 6, 1901, a setting intended to showcase the thrill of a new century instead became the scene of a presidential assassination.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
The Islamic Republic survived the assassination of its top leaders and weeks of heavy bombing, and found a potent form of leverage in the Strait of Hormuz.

— Mark Osborne, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of assassination

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Once the ruthless commander of Bosnian Serb forces, Mladic oversaw the siege of Sarajevo, mass killings and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that left more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys dead.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died in prison aged 84.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

Citizen, published two months after Brown’s killing, seemed to channel that righteous fury.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
The man a Wyandotte County deputy is charged with killing may have died not by homicide, but rather pre-existing illness, a medical expert testified in court Wednesday.

— Sofi Zeman August 26, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

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