obliterate (redirected from obliterates)

o·blit·er·ate  (-blt-rt, -blt-)

tr.v. o·blit·er·at·ed, o·blit·er·at·ing, o·blit·er·ates

1. To do away with completely so as to leave no trace. See Synonyms at abolish.

2. To wipe out, rub off, or erase (writing or other markings).

3. Medicine To remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation.

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[Latin oblitterre, oblittert-, to erase, from ob litters (scrbere), (to write) over letters (ob, over; see ob- + litters) and from obltus, past participle of oblvsc, to forget; see oblivion.]

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o·bliter·ation n.

o·bliter·ative (--rtv, -r--tv) adj.

o·bliter·ator n.

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obliterate

Verb

[-rating, -rated] to destroy every trace of; wipe out completely [Latin oblitterare to erase]

obliteration n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	obliterate - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" wipe out, kill take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
	2.	obliterate - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" blot out, veil, hide, obscure alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" mystify - make mysterious; "mystify the story"
	3.	obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" efface slur, dim, blur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" blot out, obliterate, veil, hide, obscure - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
	4.	obliterate - do away with completely, without leaving a trace do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
Adj.	1.	obliterate - reduced to nothingness blotted out, obliterated destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"

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obliterate

verb 1. destroy, eliminate, devastate, waste, wreck, wipe out, demolish, ravage, eradicate, desolate, annihilate, put paid to, raze, blow to bits, extirpate, blow sky-high, destroy root and branch, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang) wipe from or off the face of the earth << OPPOSITE create

2. eradicate, remove, eliminate, cancel, get rid of, wipe out, erase, excise, delete, extinguish, root out, efface, blot out, expunge, extirpate

Translations

obliterate [əˈblɪtəreɪt] vt → arrasar [+ memory]; borrar

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obliterate [əˈblɪtəreɪt] vt → effacer

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obliterate [əˈblɪtəreɪt] vt [+ village etc] → vernichten (fig) [+ memory, error]; auslöschen

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obliterate [əˈblɪtəreɪt] vt → cancellare