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[ uh-blit-uh-reyt ] / əˈblɪt əˌreɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR obliterate ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), ob·lit·er·at·ed, ob·lit·er·at·ing.to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely. to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface. Origin of obliterate1590–1600; <Latin oblitterātus (past participle of oblitterāre, efface, cause to be forgotten), equivalent to ob-ob- + litter(a) letter1 + -ātus-ate1 SYNONYMS FOR obliterateSEE SYNONYMS FOR obliterate ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for obliterate2. See cancel. OTHER WORDS FROM obliterateob·lit·er·a·ble [uh-blit-er-uh-buhl], /əˈblɪt ər ə bəl/, adjectiveo·blit·er·a·tor, nounhalf-ob·lit·er·at·ed, adjectiveun·ob·lit·er·at·ed, adjectiveWords nearby obliterateoblique section, oblique-slip fault, oblique triangle, oblique vein of left atrium, obliquity, obliterate, obliterating endarteritis, obliteration, obliterative bronchitis, oblivescence, oblivion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for obliterateThe power of numbers and the longest guns cannot destroy principle nor obliterate truth. The Problem of Confederate Statues on U.S. Public Lands|Alex Heard|September 28, 2020|Outside Online Then, the edge of that bubble would expand across the cosmos at the speed of light, obliterating anything in its path with no warning. ‘The End of Everything’ explores the ways the universe could perish|Emily Conover|August 4, 2020|Science News When a government officer “fraudulently alters, falsifies, conceals, destroys, or obliterates any account” they can be prosecuted. Audit Finds Sweetwater Officials Deliberately Manipulated Finances|Will Huntsberry|June 23, 2020|Voice of San Diego Israel has destroyed 80% of the ones they have found, and needs only a few days to obliterate the rest. Israel Tells Hamas: You Can Keep Your Rockets|Eli Lake, Josh Rogin|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Destroy them God, obliterate them from the face of the earth. “Destroy them, God, obliterate them from the face of the earth.”|Emily L. Hauser|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST He promised to obliterate Obamacare “and replace it with real reform.” Mitt Romney Fires Up Supporters on Virginia Campaign Stop|Lloyd Grove|June 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST Yet to destroy the precious book would be to obliterate centuries of information about the Ma family line. The Mystery of Yo-Yo Ma's Name|Henry Louis Gates, Jr.|February 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST His object was to remove every trace of himself as he passed onward to the goal ahead of him—to obliterate his tracks entirely. In the Day of Adversity|John Bloundelle-Burton The original date on the gate also remains in spite of the attempt to obliterate it. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople|Alexander Van Millingen His success here was such as to obliterate all memory of his former defeat. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq.|Charles James Lever It is incredible how many years are needed to obliterate recollection by the hand of time. The Tenants of Malory|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu He was resolved to obliterate the disgrace of having been duped, by the reality of his meditated triumph. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851|Various
British Dictionary definitions for obliterate
verb(tr) to destroy every trace of; wipe out completely Derived forms of obliterateobliteration, nounobliterative, adjectiveobliterator, nounWord Origin for obliterateC16: from Latin oblitterāre to erase, from ob- out + littera letter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to obliteratewipe out, annihilate, expunge, exterminate, knock out, ravage, erase, eliminate, smash, black out, obscure, eradicate, wash out, scratch, kill, extirpate, cancel, ax, total, zap Medical definitions for obliterate[ ə-blĭt′ə-rāt′, ō-blĭt′- ]
v.To remove an organ or another body part completely, as by surgery, disease, or radiation. To blot out, especially through filling of a natural space by fibrosis or inflammation. Other words from obliterateo•blit′er•a′tion n.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |