Definition of "effaces" [effaces]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of efface. (verb)

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• "In some ways, perhaps, these malleable types of women, "soft paste" as one authority has described them, "effaces" in the words of another, are the most dangerous material of all for the commission of crime, their obedience is so complete, so cold and relentless."
• "The palm trees above suggest no tourist brochure—the brightness of their surroundings effaces all details of bark or leaf, leaving nothing but stark silhouettes."
• "Reverse graffiti is a type of street art that effaces – not defaces – public property."