efface

1. V-T To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen anymore. 消除; 抹去[正式] →see also self-effacing

...an event that has helped efface the country's traditional image. ...一個(gè)幫助消除這個(gè)國(guó)家傳統(tǒng)形象的事件。