Thesaurus: obliterate

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1. v. t. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
2. v. t. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
3. a. Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
4. adj. reduced to nothingness
5. v. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
6. v. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
7. v. remove completely from recognition or memory
8. v. do away with completely, without leaving a trace
9. 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. Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
10. Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
11. v:100 v. remove completely from recognition or memory v. do away with completely, without leaving a trace