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Obliterating or erasing
Answer for the clue "Obliterating or erasing ", 8 letters:
effacing
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vb. (present participle of efface English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Efface \Ef*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effaced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing .] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face , and cf. Deface .] To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) ...
Usage examples of effacing.
She seemed to have no compunction about compressing the aloof distance she usually maintained with her staff, and stood facing him barely a foot away, her shoulders back and spine straight, almost in a military stance, but with the laughing gleam in her eye and the smooth lines of her cheek effacing any thoughts of the harshness of command.
Much has changed since Julius Caesar and his legions swept through the hinterlands of Gaul four hundred years ago, bringing fire and devastation to hundreds of barbarian villages and towns, killing and enslaving a million men, entirely effacing from history and existence countless tribes and their distinguishing characteristics.