as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring
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Recent Examples of obliterate
The film, written by Lauren Black, is a gripping thriller about 38-year-old college professor Sydney Drake, who is determined to obliterate any obstacle in her quest to conceive.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
This new chip enables the glasses to handle essential processing independently, obliterating latency as an issue, which is a really big deal.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Per Pro Football Reference, however, the Lions were favored by three points 70 years ago in the 1954 championship game against the Cleveland Browns … who obliterated the favorites by a score of 56-10.
—Ben Fawkes, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
The music moved like a Humvee doing donuts in an ice rink, smashing and crashing its way through changes and obliterating all that was in its path.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
This new chip enables the glasses to handle essential processing independently, obliterating latency as an issue, which is a really big deal.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Per Pro Football Reference, however, the Lions were favored by three points 70 years ago in the 1954 championship game against the Cleveland Browns … who obliterated the favorites by a score of 56-10.
—Ben Fawkes, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
The music moved like a Humvee doing donuts in an ice rink, smashing and crashing its way through changes and obliterating all that was in its path.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterate
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Individual errors cannot be eradicated entirely, but must be reduced.Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in 1980, but stocks of the virus still exist in U.S. and Russian biocontainment facilities.Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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One dud doesn’t erase the good performances Young has put on tape over the past month.Joseph Person, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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In August, the Taliban published vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public in an effort to completely erase Afghan women and girls from public life.Brian Cheng, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Some critics want to abolish the agency altogether.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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India proposed in July to abolish its 2 percent equalization levy.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, almost 20 American naval vessels and more than 300 airplanes were destroyed or damaged.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Shacks and buildings were left completely destroyed when the cyclone struck the nation hampered by poverty.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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