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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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obliterate

POS

Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

ob=lit=er=ate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb obliterate has 4 senses

obliterate(v = verb.change) kill, wipe out - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"

is one way to take away, take out

Derived forms adjective obliterable₁, noun obliteration₂

Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something

obliterate(v = verb.change) blot out, hide, obscure, veil - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Derived form adjective obliterable₁

Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something

obliterate(v = verb.change) efface - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

is one way to blur, dim, slur

Derived forms noun obliteration₁, noun obliteration₂

Sample sentence:
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obliterate(v = verb.change) - do away with completely, without leaving a trace;

Derived forms adjective obliterable₁, noun obliteration₁, noun obliteration₂, noun obliterator₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Adjective obliterate has 1 sense

obliterate(s = adj.all) blotted out, obliterated - reduced to nothingness;

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CIDE DICTIONARY

obliterate, v. t. [L. obliteratus, p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see Ob-) + litera, littera, letter. See Letter.].

To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. [1913 Webster]
To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as, to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. [1913 Webster]
"The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated." [1913 Webster]

obliterate, a.

Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

obliterate, v.tr.
1 a blot out; efface, erase, destroy. b leave no clear traces of.
2 deface (a postage stamp etc.) to prevent further use.

Derivative

obliteration n. obliterative adj. obliterator n.

Etymology

L obliterare (as OB-, litera LETTER)

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THESAURUS

obliterate

absolve, annihilate, black out, blot, blot out, cancel, consign to oblivion, cross out, declare a moratorium, dele, delete, destroy, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, forgive, kill, nullify, raze, rub out, rule out, scratch, scratch out, sponge, sponge out, strike off, strike out, wipe out, write off

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obliterate

Inexistence

VB not exist, have no existence, be null and void, cease to exist, pass away, perish, be extinct, become extinct, die out, disappear, melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind, go, be no more, die, annihilate, render null, nullify, abrogate, destroy, take away, remove, obliterate, extirpate.

Obliteration

VB efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel, blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out, wipe off, rub off, wipe away, deface, render illegible, draw the pen through, apply the sponge, be effaced, leave no trace, leave not a rack behind.