Verb
To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf one were searching for the best means to efface and kill in a whole nation the discipline of self-respect, the feeling for what is elevated, he could do no better than take the American newspapers. Matthew Arnold
Industry in art is a necessity - not a virtue - and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish, not a quality; a proof, not of achievement, but of absolutely insufficient work, for work alone will efface the footsteps of work. James McNeill Whistler
It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. George Orwell
Work alone will efface the footsteps of work. James McNeill Whistler
The basic honor code of the savage -bravery for men, chastity for women- is still recognizable beneath the surfaces of the popular culture that has done so much to efface it. If you doubt it, try calling a man a wimp or a woman a slut. Jack Donovan
Skill or fortune will efface the spots. Italian Proverb