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English Dictionary: obliterate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for obliterate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliterate adj reduced to nothingness [syn: blotted out, obliterate, obliterated] v mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" Synonym(s): kill, obliterate, wipe out make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" Synonym(s): obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" Synonym(s): obliterate, efface do away with completely, without leaving a trace
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliterate \Oblit"erate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliterate \Oblit"erate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera, letter. See {Letter}.] 1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. 2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.