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as in erased
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 obliterated
Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
The Industrial Revolution began to chip away at these barriers, and the digital revolution obliterated them.
—John Winsor, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The assault obliterated four residential buildings and what the Israeli military said was Hezbollah’s underground command headquarters.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene — the Category 4 hurricane that obliterated neighborhoods from northern Florida to Virginia last week — one organization is stepping in to help hundreds of Americans who have been displaced by the deadly storm.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
The Industrial Revolution began to chip away at these barriers, and the digital revolution obliterated them.
—John Winsor, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The assault obliterated four residential buildings and what the Israeli military said was Hezbollah’s underground command headquarters.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterated
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From artisan studios to breweries and other small businesses in the district, the waters erased a huge chunk of the city’s cultural identity.Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
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The greys had all been erased from his beard.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Liber Pater wines are made on a tiny patch of land in the Graves region of Bordeaux, one of the few places unaffected by the phylloxera bacterium that destroyed vineyards across Europe in the mid-19th century.Matteo Atti, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The wineries surrounding this area did suffer some damage, but only one had a portion of its vineyards destroyed.Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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As modernization spread throughout Italy in the 1960s, the system was abolished, and farmers abandoned their rustic dwellings in favor of houses with electricity and running water in towns and cities.Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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The union also wants the reinstatement of a pension scheme that was abolished in 2008, which is a nonstarter for Boeing.Elodie Mazein, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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In western North Carolina, brutal rains have caused houses to float away from subdivisions, bridges to crumble and semi-trucks to become crumpled into mangled piles.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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Biden's every word and move will be dissected, every mangled sentence scrutinized, every stiff move or mind freeze discussed.Axios, Axios, 11 July 2024
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But in the last few years, an explosion of warehouse development has wiped out farmland and open space.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
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Tens of billions of dollars in value has been wiped out, including during the days when the company was soliciting bids for its offering, the largest of its kind in India.Alex Travelli, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
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“Obliterated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterated. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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