OBLITERATE

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin oblitteratus, past participle of oblitterare, from ob- ob- + littera letter Date: 1600 1. to remove utterly from recognition or memory, to remove from existence ; destroy utterly all trace, indication, or significance of, to cause to disappear (as a bodily part or a scar) or collapse (as a duct conveying body fluid) ; remove 4 , to make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away, cancel 4, obliteration noun obliterator noun