About The Word Obliterate
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Obliterate
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What's The Definition Of Obliterate?
[adj] reduced to nothingness
[v] remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" [v] make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing [v] do away with completely, without leaving a trace [v] mark for deletion, rub off, or erase, as of writings; "kill these lines in the President's speech" Synonyms | Synonyms for Obliterate: blot out | blotted out | destroyed | efface | hide | kill | obliterated | obscure | wipe out Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | alter | blur | change | dim | do away with | eliminate | get rid of | slur | take away | take out Obliterate In Webster's Dictionary \Ob*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of
obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera,
letter. See {Letter}.]
1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable,
as a writing.
2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to
render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to
obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
\Ob*lit"er*ate\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects. |
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