(~s, obliterating, ~d)
1.
If something ~s an object or place, it destroys it completely.
Their warheads are enough to ~ the world several times over...
VERB: V n
obliteration
...the obliteration of three isolated rainforests.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n
2.
If you ~ something such as a memory, emotion, or thought, you remove it completely from your mind. (LITERARY)
There was time enough to ~ memories of how things once were for him.
= eradicate
VERB: V n