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obliterate
[uh-blit-uh-reyt]
verb (used with object)
to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
Synonyms:
obliterate
/ əˈɪəˌɪ /
verb
(tr) to destroy every trace of; wipe out completely
Other 51Թ Forms
- obliterable adjective
- obliterator noun
- ˈٱپ adjective
- ˌٱˈپDz noun
- ˈٱˌٴǰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of obliterate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of obliterate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Even so, former Leeds and Manchester City defender Mills acknowledged that obliterating a record set by multiple Olympic gold winner Farah was something special.
For the sake of one great moment, she’ll ask us to forget all the other ones it obliterates.
Later, he claimed that the city would have been "obliterated" had he not taken this action, telling reporters that that the protesters are "insurrectionists, they're bad people" and they "should be in jail."
Trump has said that without the mobilization of the military, “Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.”
Trump has said that the mobilization was “a great decision” necessary to “deal with the violent, instigated riots in California,” and that if he hadn’t mobilized the forces, “Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.”
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