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Meaning of 'obliterate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Obliterate [ a.]
- Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
2 . Obliterate [ v. t.]
- To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
- To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.

Meaning of 'obliterate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . obliterate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Example in sentence:
  • a hidden message;
  • a veiled threat
Meaning (2):
- remove completely from recognition or memory
Example in sentence:
  • efface the memory of the time in the camps
Meaning (3):
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
Example in sentence:
  • kill these lines in the President's speech

Nearby Words:

oblanceolate oblata oblate oblateness oblati oblation oblationer oblatrate oblatration oblatum

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