| 单词 | obliteration |
| 释义 | obliteration (once / 13003 pages) n Obliteration is the total destruction of something, so that nothing remains of it. Holding a lit match up to a balloon might cause its obliteration. The noun obliteration can describe a literal destruction, like an explosion or terrible fire, but it's also frequently used to mean a more figurative kind of eradication. You might, for example, hear people on the news talk about the obliteration of democracy in a country, or the obliteration of a politician's candidacy after a scandal is revealed. The word comes from the Latin obliterare, "cause to disappear, blot out, or erase." WORD FAMILYobliteration: obliterations+/obliterate: obliterable, obliterated, obliterates, obliterating, obliteratingly, obliteration, obliterator USAGE EXAMPLESFisher led the Rams to five losing seasons, culminating in Sunday’s embarrassing 42-14 obliteration by the Atlanta Falcons. Wall Street Journal(Dec 13, 2016) I recognize that I’ve been conditioned by seeing a lifetime of movies a certain way, but this isn’t an enhancement, it’s an obliteration. The Guardian(Nov 11, 2016) The near-total obliteration of an entire species of albatross is a real possibility. BBC(Oct 23, 2016) 1n destruction by annihilating something Syn|Hypo|Hyper annihilation atomisation, atomization annihilation by reducing something to atoms pulverisation, pulverizationannihilation by pulverizing something vaporisation, vaporizationannihilation by vaporizing something destruction, devastation the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists 2n the complete destruction of every trace of something Syn|Hyper eradication demolition, destruction, wipeout an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
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