Obliterate \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.
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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.
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The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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obliterate
adj : reduced to nothingness [syn: blotted out, obliterated]
verb
1: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in
the President's speech" [syn: kill, wipe out]
2: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or
concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn: obscure,
blot out, veil, hide]
3: remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the
memory of the time in the camps" [syn: efface]
4: do away with completely, without leaving a trace
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Obliterate \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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