to efface

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Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor

Some females efface 75% by the 39th week of pregnacy.

To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out

Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.

to obliterate
{v} to destroy, deface, blot or strike out
To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc
To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any more. an event that has helped efface the country's traditional image see also self-effacing
make inconspicuous; "efface onself
make inconspicuous; "efface onself"
To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence
to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin
{f} erase, wipe out; destroy
To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away
remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
to efface
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