 obliterate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] remove completely from recognition or memory | |
| Synonyms: | efface wipe | |
| Examples: | "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
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| Related terms: | blur eradication | |
| 2. | [ verb ] mark for deletion, rub off, or erase, as of writings | |
| Synonyms: | wipe_out kill | |
| Examples: | "kill these lines in the President's speech" |
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| Related terms: | take_away destruction | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | |
| Synonyms: | blot_out veil hide obscure | |
| Examples: | "a hidden message" "a veiled threat" |
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| Related terms: | change concealment | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] reduced to nothingness | |
| Synonyms: | obliterated blotted_out | |
| Related terms: | destroyed | |
| 5. | [ verb ] do away with completely, without leaving a trace | |
| Related terms: | eliminate eradication | |
| 6. | [ verb ] put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | |
| Synonyms: | blow_out quench snuff_out extinguish | |
| Examples: | "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained" "quench the flames" "snuff out the candles" |
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| Related terms: | ignite black_out douse extinction | |
| Similar spelling: |
obliterated obliterator obliterable obliteration obliterating |
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