effacer

effacer

"Effacer" means "to erase" or "to delete."

Here, 'effacer' metaphorically means 'to forget' or 'to remove from one's thoughts or memory.'

Après le choc, il a effacé cela de sa mémoire.

After the shock, he erased it from his memory.

The word 'effacer' is used here to mean 'erase' or 'remove something written or drawn on a surface.'

Je vais effacer le tableau avant le cours suivant.

I will erase the board before the next class.

In this sentence, 'effacer' is figuratively used to mean 'eliminate' or 'make something no longer exist.'

Tu ne peux pas effacer les erreurs du passé.

You cannot erase the mistakes of the past.