obliteration

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, accusative pl. of littera, letter) 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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	obliteration - destruction by annihilating something annihilation destruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists atomisation, atomization - annihilation by reducing something to atoms pulverisation, pulverization - annihilation by pulverizing something vaporization, vaporisation - annihilation by vaporizing something
	2.	obliteration - the complete destruction of every trace of something eradication demolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

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obliteration

noun

1. destruction, ruin, wiping out, elimination, end, demolition, devastation, rooting out, extermination, annihilation, eradication, ruination, extirpation the obliteration of an entire city
destruction making, building, construction, creation, establishment

2. wiping out, elimination, eradication, blotting out, erasure, deletion, effacement, extirpation, expunction the obliteration of the past

Translations

obliteration [əˌblɪtəˈreɪʃən] N

1. (= destruction) → arrasamiento m, destrucción f

2. (= occlusion) → eliminación f

obliteration

n → Auslöschen nt; (inf: of opponent) → Vernichtung f; (= hiding) → Verdecken nt