Efface
Efface , transitive verb
[French effacer; pref. es- (Latin ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face, and compare Deface.]
1.
To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
2.
To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received.