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Effacer

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Definition: to erase

Il faut effacer tout ce qui est écrit dans ces livres - You need to erase everything that's written in these books.

Elle m'a demandé d'effacer le tableau noir - She asked me to erase the chalkboard.

Related: effacé (adj) - faded, subdued; self-effacing; effacement - obliteration, erasing, deletion; s'effacer - to wear away, fade; to move aside, withdraw

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