What is another word for effacings?
Pronunciation: [ɪfˈe͡ɪsɪŋz] (IPA) 
Effacings mean to eliminate traces or marks of something completely. Some synonyms for effacings include erasing, wiping out, canceling, deleting, eliminating, obliterating, eradicating, purging, extinguishing, annihilating, and expunging. All of these words share a common theme of removing something completely from existence or memory. Effacings can refer to something as small as erasing a word from a piece of paper, or as large as eliminating all evidence of a historic event. Whatever the context may be, one thing is for sure: when something is effaced, it is gone for good.
