efface-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: Remove from awareness.

Examples:
Efface the memory of the time in the camps.
Five years' absence had done nothing to efface Jana's memory of him.
A transition so violent, time was powerless to efface it's memory.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: efface.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Become inconspicuous.

Examples:
Anna deliberately effaced herself and played to the dramatic Molly.
Her sister however was unable to efface her beauty.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: efface.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Remove by rubbing

Examples:
Please efface the formula from the blackboard.
He sought to efface the rival names of antiquity with his own.
The explosives effaced the storehouse.
It was desirable to efface the name of Barbarelli from the catalogues.

Mappings:
VerbNet: destroy-44
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: efface.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3