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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