About The Word Obliterate

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Obliterate

Obliterate Meaning & Definition
Obliterate Definition And Meaning

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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