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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Obliterate — Obliterate: Lineup in 2000 Obliterate is a grindcore band from Košice. Founded in 1992, as one of the first band of this genre in Slovakia Discography 1993 Pieces Of Superior Life (demo) 1995 Blindness (demo) 1997 Blindness (split 7 EP w/ Excrete … Wikipedia
Obliterate — Ob*lit er*ate, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Scarcely distinct; applied to the markings of insects. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obliterate — (v.) c.1600, from L. obliteratus, pp. of obliterare cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface, from ob against (see OB (Cf. ob )) + littera (also litera) letter, script (see LETTER (Cf. letter) (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere … Etymology dictionary
obliterate — efface, cancel, expunge, *erase, blot out, delete Analogous words: *abolish, annihilate, extinguish: *destroy, raze: annul, abrogate, negate, invalidate, *nullify … New Dictionary of Synonyms
obliterate — [v] destroy annihilate, ax*, black out*, blot out*, blue pencil*, bog, cancel, cover, cut, defeat, delete, do in*, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, finish, finish off*, kill, knock off*, knock out*, KO*,… … New thesaurus
obliterate — ► VERB 1) destroy completely. 2) blot out or erase. DERIVATIVES obliteration noun. ORIGIN Latin obliterare strike out, erase , from littera letter … English terms dictionary
obliterate — [ə blit′ər āt΄] vt. obliterated, obliterating [< L obliteratus, pp. of obliterare, to blot out < ob (see OB ) + littera,LETTER1] 1. to blot out or wear away, leaving no traces; erase; efface 2. to do away with as if by effacing; destroy SYN … English World dictionary
obliterate — v. 1) to obliterate completely, entirely, totally, utterly 2) (D; tr.) to obliterate from * * * [ə blɪtəreɪt] entirely totally utterly (D; tr.) to obliterate from to obliterate completely … Combinatory dictionary
obliterate — [[t]əblɪ̱təreɪt[/t]] obliterates, obliterating, obliterated 1) VERB If something obliterates an object or place, it destroys it completely. [V n] Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over... [V n] Whole villages were… … English dictionary
