OBLITERATE


Meaning of OBLITERATE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

memory

To obliterate the memory of Sylvie.

Why else would they have tried to obliterate her memory ?

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Entire sections of the city were obliterated by the repeated bombing.

Frequent flooding eventually obliterated all traces of the community that used to live there.

Large areas of the city were obliterated during World War II.

The thick smog hung in the air, obliterating the hills from view.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Especially that part she wanted to obliterate .

His productivity and avidity for life could not obliterate an inner malaise.

I had been given the power to obliterate , to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.

In addition, an AR-IS semiautomatic rifle with an obliterated serial number was found abandoned on the riverbank.

Perhaps he could obliterate the signature?

Soon the screen was obliterated by the fuzz of burning light behind Ari's eyes.

Who among us is so righteous that a sane society would entrust her with the power to obliterate a city?

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