Efface (10)
'efface' is the definition.
(I know that efface can be written as obliterate)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for obliterate that I've seen before include "rub out" , "use eraser" , "Eliminate" , "Root out" , "Efface, blot out" .)
'efface' is the definition.
(I know that efface is a more specific form of the action delete)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for delete that I've seen before include "Expunge, erase" , "Scrub" , "Obliterate" , "Take out" , "Remove or erase (text)" .)