obliterate

IPA: ʌbɫˈɪtɝeɪt

verb

  • (transitive)
  • To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
  • To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
  • (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
  • (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
  • (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
  • (intransitive)
  • To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
  • (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.

adjective

  • (except poetic) Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated.
  • (entomology, rare) Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.
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Examples of "obliterate" in Sentences

  • The building was obliterated.
  • You should not obliterate that fact.
  • The people obliterate the temple of Baal.
  • They try to obliterate the existence of the other.
  • Is the intention here to completly obliterate the current contents
  • The resulting cataclysmic destruction obliterated Atlantis entirely.
  • It is unconscionable to obliterate that fact from 'the Boere's history.

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