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obliterate

[uh-blit-uh-reyt]

verb (used with object)

obliterated, obliterating 
  1. to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.

  2. to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.

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obliterate

/ əˈɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to destroy every trace of; wipe out completely

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • obliterable adjective
  • obliterator noun
  • ˈٱپ adjective
  • ˌٱˈپDz noun
  • ˈٱˌٴǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of obliterate1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin Dzٳٱٳܲ “effaced,” past participle of Dzٳٱ “to efface, cause to be forgotten,” equivalent to ob- ob- + litter(a) letter 1 + -, infinitive verb suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of obliterate1

C16: from Latin Dzٳٱ to erase, from ob- out + littera letter
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Even so, former Leeds and Manchester City defender Mills acknowledged that obliterating a record set by multiple Olympic gold winner Farah was something special.

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For the sake of one great moment, she’ll ask us to forget all the other ones it obliterates.

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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."

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Trump has said that without the mobilization of the military, “Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.”

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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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