obliterate
11obliterate — [[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… …
12obliterate — verb 1) I briefly contemplated trying to obliterate the logo with nail polish remover Syn: erase, eradicate, expunge, efface, wipe out, blot out, rub out, block out, remove all traces of 2) I want to see the super turtle obliterate an entire… …
13obliterate — UK [əˈblɪtəreɪt] / US [əˈblɪtəˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms obliterate : present tense I/you/we/they obliterate he/she/it obliterates present participle obliterating past tense obliterated past participle obliterated 1) to destroy something …
14obliterate — verb ADVERB ▪ completely, entirely, totally ▪ The sect was totally obliterated by the state. ▪ almost, virtually Obliterate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ …
15obliterate — o|blit|er|ate [əˈblıtəreıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of obliterare, from litera letter ] 1.) to destroy something completely so that nothing remains ▪ Hiroshima was nearly obliterated by the atomic bomb. 2.) to… …
16obliterate — o|blit|er|ate [ ə blıtə,reıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to destroy something completely: The bombing raid has obliterated whole villages. 2. ) to cover something completely so that you cannot see it: The park had been obliterated beneath a layer of… …
17obliterate — verb (T) 1 to destroy something so completely that no sign of it remains: The entire village was obliterated by incendiary bombs. 2 to cover something completely so that it cannot be seen 3 to remove a thought, feeling, or memory from someone s… …
18obliterate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin oblitteratus, past participle of oblitterare, from ob ob + littera letter Date: 1600 1. a. to remove utterly from recognition or memory b. to remove from existence ; destroy utterly all trace,… …
19obliterate — adj. [L. obliteratus, erased] Indistinct …
20obliterate — obliterable /euh blit euhr euh beuhl/, adj. obliterator, n. /euh blit euh rayt /, v.t., obliterated, obliterating. 1. to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely. 2. to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks,… …
