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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.

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obliterate [əˈblɪtəˌreɪt]

vb

(tr) to destroy every trace of; wipe out completely

[from Latin oblitterāre to erase, from ob- out + littera letter]

obliteration  n

obliterative  adj

obliterator  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, wipe from or off the face of the earth Whole villages were obliterated by the fire.
destroy make, build, create, establish, construct

2. eradicate, remove, eliminate, cancel, get rid of, wipe out, erase, excise, delete, extinguish, root out, efface, blot out, expunge, extirpate He drank to obliterate the memory of what had occurred.

Translations

obliterate [əˈblɪtəreɪt] VT

1. (= destroy) → arrasar con, destruir

2. (= blot out) → borrar; (= hide) → ocultar

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obliterate [əˈblɪtəreɪt] vt

(= destroy) [+ object, place] → anéantir

[+ memory, feeling] → oblitérer

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obliterate

vt (= erase, abolish) → auslöschen; past, memory also → tilgen (geh); city also → vernichten; (inf) opposite team etc → vernichten; (= hide from sight) sun, view → verdecken; the coffee stain has obliterated most of the text → der Kaffeefleck hat den Text fast ganz unkenntlich gemacht; by the 19th century this disease had been completely obliterated → im 19. Jahrhundert war dann diese Krankheit völlig ausgerottet

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obliterate [əˈblɪtəˌreɪt] vt → cancellare completamente

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obliterate [əˈblɪtəˌreɪt] vt → cancellare completamente

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obliterate

v obliterate [əˈblitəreit]

1 to cover, to prevent from being visible The sand-storm obliterated his footprints. doodvee, uitwis يَطْمُس، يَدْثُر заличавам zahladit, smazat udviske auslöschen εξαλείφω, σβήνω borrar, obliterar kustutama محو کردن peittää effacer לִמחוֹק לְגָמרֵי पूरा बूझा देना, नष्ट करना izbrisati eltöröl menutup þurrka út, afmá cancellare 跡を消す 흔적을 없애다 išdildyti, sunaikinti izdzēst; pārklāt menutupi uitwissen dekke til; viske ut zatrzeć apagar a şterge стирать zmazať zabrisati zatrpati utplåna, avlägsna ลบออกหรือปิดบังจนไม่เห็นร่องรอย bozmak, örtmek 塗抹去，使湮沒 згладжувати نام و نشان مٹانا xóa sạch 涂抹去，使湮没

2 to destroy completely The town was obliterated by the bombs. uitwis, vernietig يُزيل، يَمْحَق، يُدَمِّر унищожавам vyhladit udslette auslöschen καταστρέφω ολοσχερώς, ισοπεδώνω destruir, arrasar hävitama نابود کردن tuhota rayer לְהַשׁמִיד नष्ट करना uništiti kiirt, eltöröl membinasakan þurrka út, eyða distruggere 消滅させる 완전히 파괴하다 nušluoti nuo žemės paviršiaus iznīcināt; noslaucīt no zemes virsas memusnahkan vernietigen utslette, tilintetgjøre zmieść z powierzchni ziemi arrasar a distruge уничтожать vyhladiť uničiti uništiti utplåna, förinta ทำลายจนสิ้นซาก yerle bir etmek 使消失 стирати; знищувати تباہ و برباد کردينا phả hủy hoàn toàn 使消失