Efface

1. verb

   remove completely from recognition or memory

   “efface the memory of the time in the camps”

   Similar: obliterate

2. verb

   remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

   “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”

   Similar: erase, rub out, score out, wipe off

3. verb

   make inconspicuous

   “efface oneself”