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1. a. : to remove utterly from recognition or memory. … a successful love crowned all other successes and obliterated all other failures. J. W. Krutch. b. : to remove from existence : destroy utterly all trace, indication, or significance of. The tide eventually obliterated all evidence of our sandcastles. c.
to remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen: The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated. All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog. [ T ] to make an idea or feeling disappear completely: Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories.
to remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen: The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated. All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog. [ T ] to make an idea or feeling disappear completely: Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories.
Obliterated definition: completely destroyed or done away with, so that little or no trace remains. See examples of OBLITERATED used in a sentence.
verb. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. synonyms: blot out, hide, obscure, veil. efface. remove completely from recognition or memory. see more. adjective. reduced to nothingness. synonyms: blotted out, obliterated. destroyed. spoiled or ruined or demolished.
to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely. to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface. Synonyms: expunge. obliterate. / əˈblɪtəˌreɪt / verb. tr to destroy every trace of; wipe out completely. Discover More. Derived Forms. oˈbliterative, adjective. oˌbliteˈration, noun. oˈbliterˌator, noun.
to remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen: The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated. All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog. [ T ] to make an idea or feeling disappear completely: Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories.
