OBLITERATE


Meaning of OBLITERATE in English

(~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

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