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Obliterated

[uh-blit-uh-reyt]

verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.

to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin oblitterātus (past participle of oblitterāre, efface, cause to be forgotten), equivalent to ob- ob- + litter(a) letter + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

ob·lit·er·a·ble

[uh-blit-er-uh-buhl] , adjective

o·blit·er·a·tor, noun

half-ob·lit·er·at·ed, adjective

un·ob·lit·er·at·ed, adjective

Synonyms
2. expunge. See cancel.

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Lauren creates worlds within which other frames of reference are obliterated.

In some obliterated towns, shops are open and stocked and have electricity.

While warfare obliterated some vibrant city-states, others simply faded.

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Lauren creates worlds within which other frames of reference are obliterated.

In some obliterated towns, shops are open and stocked and have electricity.

While warfare obliterated some vibrant city-states, others simply faded.

Conventional schemes would have obliterated the signal with quantum noise generated by the measurement itself.

Peaks formed hundreds of millions of years ago are obliterated in months.

We should know who the underdog is and how swiftly that character will get obliterated in the absence of a miracle.

Cohesion has been obliterated by war, physical and ideological, leaving scattered treasures on the indifferent streets.

But such meagre confidence will be obliterated by any hint of a transatlantic spat.

One day a mortar obliterated his neighbors' house and killed the people inside.

On top of that, world grain markets would get obliterated and many governments could get overturned in food riots.

It obliterated the line between confidant and audience.

We were surprised at how thoroughly heat obliterated the flavors in cooking oil until they all tasted more or less the same.

These criminals need to be hunted down and obliterated.

Before virtually all evidence of life, animal and human-the cabins and roads and camps and cans-were obliterated.

These exploding mountains obliterated the countryside for miles around.

Religious lines were obliterated in the great gathering.

Unfortunately, that means the operating system gets obliterated as well.

Because the elephants have obliterated the trees, the riverfront has only caper bushes along it.

The premise was so stupid it obliterated all the awesomeness of the first installment.

And a central area two and a half miles in diameter would have been obliterated by the blast and by fire.

Consumer wealth has been obliterated by declines in securities and housing prices.

But the dignity code itself has been completely obliterated.

The obliterated opposition parties are at the brink of collapse.

In these forested hills close to the epicenter, the quake obliterated more than this village.

Women perceived to have power had been so feared they had been obliterated.

And he must surely be aware that if he ever again tries to attack another country he will be obliterated.

Germany obliterated a highly talented opponent for the second straight weekend.

The tomato fungus is effectively obliterated and the plants grow healthier and stronger and produce beautiful fruit afterwards.

The settlers' birds were carried westward as part of the same historical wave that obliterated native southwestern.

Many hundreds or thousands of others have been obliterated by erosion or vegetation or hidden under the ocean.

The settlers' birds were carried westward as part of the same historical wave that obliterated native southwestern culture.

Together they have obliterated whatever charm existed in the screenplay.

Four all-time records were obliterated in an avalanche of run-scoring.

The sounds of a crying baby at the next table were completely obliterated by the din.

While still a child, she hallucinated a world obliterated by colored dots and began punctuating her drawings with dots.

Mining-induced seismic jolts eventually obliterated these supports.

The treatment obliterated the cancer but also damaged nearby organs.

Benetton licensees there have obliterated the franchise name from their shops and sued to sever relations with the parent company.

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Word Origin & History

obliterate

c.1600, from L. obliteratus, pp. of obliterare "cause to disappear, efface," from ob "against" + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters."

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Medical Dictionary

obliterate o·blit·er·ate (ə-blĭt'ə-rāt', ō-blĭt'-)
v. o·blit·er·at·ed, o·blit·er·at·ing, o·blit·er·ates

To remove an organ or another body part completely, as by surgery, disease, or radiation.
To blot out, especially through filling of a natural space by fibrosis or inflammation.

o·blit'er·a'tion n.
o·blit'er·a'tive (-ə-rā'tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv) adj.

Slang Dictionary

obliterated definition

mod.
drunk. : Fred was obliterated and couldn't walk to his car, let alone drive it.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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