OBLITERATE


Meaning of OBLITERATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əblɪtəreɪt ]

( obliterates, obliterating, obliterated)

1.

If something obliterates an object or place, it destroys it completely.

Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over...

VERB : V n

• oblit‧era‧tion

...the obliteration of three isolated rainforests.

N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n

2.

If you obliterate something such as a memory, emotion, or thought, you remove it completely from your mind. ( LITERARY )

There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.

= eradicate

VERB : V n

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