Obliterate

Definitions: Obliterate

Obliterate

Adjective

1. Reduced to nothingness.

Verb

1. Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase, as of writings; "kill these lines in the President's speech".

2. Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.

3. Remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps".

4. Do away with completely, without leaving a trace.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "obliterate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Obliterate

Inexistence

Annihilate, render null, nullify; abrogate; destroy; take away; remove; (displace); obliterate, extirpate.

Obliteration

Verb: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge.

Crosswords: Obliterate

No, no, I'm not a robber, I'm just here to obliterate you! (Excel Saga; writing credit: Hideyuki Kurata; Y�suke Kuroda)

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Books

• Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

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Health

Since embolization usually does not permanently obliterate the AVM, it is usually used as an adjunct to surgery to reduce the blood flow through the AVM and make the surgery safer. (references)

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Expression using "obliterate": blotted out obliterate obliterated. Additional references.

Albanian

zhduk (bump off, conceal, disperse, efface, eradicate, hide, kill, overturn, Rob, stave off, steal, wipe, wipe out), shuaj (beat out, blanket, blow out, Burke, clean off, damp, delete, douse, drown, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, kill, out, quash, quell, quench, rake out, remove, scratch out, settle, slack, slake, suppress, turn off, ungear, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wither), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), fshij (brush, brush away, cancel, clean off, clean up, deface, delete, efface, erase, mop up, rase, raze, remove, rub, rub out, scratch out, strike off, sweep, wipe, wipe away, wipe off). (various references)

Arabic 

‏محا (blot out, deface, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, rub out, scratch out, sponge out, wipe off, wipe out), ‏طمس (deface, defacement, efface, effacement, monthly, obliteration), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), ‏أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away). (various references)

Bulgarian 

зачертавам (run through), заличавам (deface, efface, erase, expunge, remove), изтривам (delete, efface, erase, expunge, rase, raze, rub away, rub out, rub up, wear, wear away, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wipe up), изличавам (rase, raze, rub off). (various references)

Chinese 

磨灭 (Obliterated, obliterating), 泯 (submerge). (various references)

Czech

zahladit (efface), vymazat (blot out, clear, delete, erase, puddle, rub off, rub out, scrub, wipe out), vyhladit (annihilate, blot out, eradicate, erase, even, even out, exterminate, wipe out). (various references)

Dutch

uitwissen (delete). (various references)

Farsi 

پاک کردن (Absolve, Clean, Cleanse, Efface, Erase, Mop, Purge, Purify, Rub, Sancify, Scour, Scrape, Sublimate, Ventilate, Wash, Winnow, Wipe), محوکردن (Blur, Deface, Efface, Eliminate, Erase, Expunge, Raze, Unbuild, Washout), معدوم کردن (Ruinate), ستردن (Efface, Scrub), زدودن (Clean, Efface, Purge, Remove, Scour, Scrape, Shuck, Swab, Sweep, Wipe). (various references)

French

oblitérer, effacer. (various references)

German

tilgen (amortize, compound, delete, erase, exterminate, liquidate, pay off, redeem, satisfy, to amortize, to obliterate, to pay off, wear away, wipe out), auslöschen (annihilate, blot out, efface, eliminating, erase, expunge, extinguish, obliteration, put out, raze, snuff, snuff out, to annihilate, to blow out, to efface, to obliterate, to put out, to raze, wipe off, wipe out). (various references)

Greek 

σβήνω (blow out, burn out, delete, die out, erase, extinguish, fade away, faint, go out, put out, quench, rub out, slake, snuff, snuff out, switch off, turn off, wipe out), εξαλείφω (blot out, delete, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, rub out, strike out, wipe out). (various references)

Hebrew 

למחות (blot out, efface, erase, rub out, wipe, wipe out), להשמיד (annihilate, destroy, exterminate, extirpate, lay waste, scotch, smash, wipe out), להכחיד. (various references)

Hungarian

kitöröl (block out, efface, erase, expunge, strike out, to blot, to blot out, to disfigure, to excise, to obliterate, to raze, to strike out, to wipe out, wipe out), kihúz (cross out, delete, drag out, draw out, get out, protract, pull off, pull out, score out, scratch out, spin out, strike out, to delete, to educe, to excise, to extract, to extricate, to line through, to obliterate, to protract, to pull out, to pull up, to rive sg away, to rive sg off, to unclench, to unclinch), eltöröl (abolish, cancel, do away, to abolish, to annul, to extinguish, to obliterate, to put down, to repeal, to rescind, to revoke, wipe out). (various references)

Indonesian

menghapuskan (blot out, efface, liquidate, omit), memupuskan (blot out, efface, liquidate, omit). (various references)

Italian

cancellare (blot, cancel, cross out, delete, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, rub off, rub out, score off, scratch out, stop, strike off, strike out, wipe out, zap). (various references)

Manx

scryssey magh (abolishment, abolition, amortize, attrition, blot out, blur, blur as vision, delete, deletion, efface, erase, erasure, obliteration, scratch out, scrub, shatter, strike off, wear off). (various references)

Pig Latin

obliterateay

Portuguese

obliterar (efface), suprimir (Burke, crush, cut, Dele, dissolvent, elimination, exterminate, fadeless, knockabout, liquidation, prune, put down, quash, quell, smother, stop, suppress, throttle, wipe out), remover (brush, clear, comb, fork, get off, obviate, purge, remove, sequester, shift, shovel, winkle out, withdraw), posição oblíqua (slant), extinguir (die, do for, douse, exterminate, extinguish, fade, juice, out, put out, quash, quench, smother, wipe out), eliminar (cross off, eliminate, expurgate, exterminate, wipe out, write off), apagar (abrade, Dele, delete, douse, efface, erase, extinguish, extinguishable, out, put out, quench, rub out, scrape off, turn off, turn out, wipe off, zap). (various references)

Romanian

rade (contuse, efface, erase, grate, pare, rasp, raze, scrape, shave), distruge (abolish, annihilate, blast, blight, confound, crash, crock, cut, cut to pieces, cut up, dash, decay, defeat, demolish, destroy, devastate, dilapidate, disrupt, eat into, eat through, eliminate, exterminate, extirpate, finish, kill, lay waste, make havoc of, Mar, overturn, overwhelm, perish, play the deuce with, play the devil with, quash, ravage, raze, reduce, ruin, scathe, scatter, scotch, shatter, shipwreck, sink, spoil, squelch, strafe, subvert, tear, undo, unmake, wreck), şterge urmele, şterge orice urmã de, şterge (abrade, annex, annihilate, annul, blot out, bunk, cancel, clean, cop, crib, decamp, deface, delete, dim, do a bunk, dry, dull, efface, erase, expunge, filch, guy, make away, make off, mop, pack off, pack one's traps, pop off, quit, raze, remove, scratch, shrink away, strike out, sweep, vanish, wipe). (various references)

Russian 

стирать (delete, efface, erase, erasing, rub, rub out, wash, wear away, wear down, wear off, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipes, zap), уничтожать (annihilate, avoid, crush, destroy, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, kill, kill out, uncreate, wipe out), вычеркивать (black out, blue-pencil, cancel, cross off, cross out, delete, efface, expunge, expurgate, kill, line through, raze, score out, scratch, scratch out, strike off, strike out). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uništiti (annihilate, come to grief, dash, destroy, do away with, do for, exterminate, lay low, liquidate, polish off, take out, unmake, waste, weed out, wipe out, wreck), izbrisati (delete, expunge, red pencil, rub out, score out, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, strike, strike off, strike out, wipe out). (various references)

Spanish

obliterar, eliminar (bowl smb. out, cut out, dispose of, do away, do away with, eliminate, excise, knock out, make away with, obviate, push out, remove, rid, take out, weed, Winkle), destruir toda huella de, destruir por, borrar (cross out, delete, destroy, dim, efface, erase, expunge, expurgate, rub out, scratch, scratch out, strike off, strike out, wipe out, write away, write off, zap), arrasar (annihilate, level, rase, raze, scorch). (various references)

Swedish

utplåna (blot, deface, delete, efface, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, paint out, rase off, raze, wipe out). (various references)

Thai

ทำลายจนสิ้นซาก, ลบออกหรือปิดบังจนไม่เห็นร่องรอย. (various references)

Turkish

yoketmek (annihilate), tıkamak (block, block up, bung, bung up, choke, choke up, clog, congest, engorge, foul, foul up, glut, hold, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude, plug, plug up, seal off, Spike, spile, stop, stop up, stopple, stuff, tampon, wad), silmek (blank, blot out, cancel, cross out, Dele, delete, efface, erase, expunge, forgive, furbish, give smth. a wipe, rub down, rub off, rub out, rule out, rule smth. out, strike off, strike out, whisk, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up, write off), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck). (various references)

Turkmen 

яegsan etmek (destroy). (various references)

Ukranian 

стертий (obsolete, smooth, worn out), стирати (abrade, cancel, chafe, deface, delete, efface, erase, rub out, wipe away), викреслювати (black out, blot out, blue pencil, cancel, cross off, cross out, delete, efface, elide, erase, expunge, line out, rase, raze, score out, scratch off, scratch out), виганяти з пам'яті, згладжувати з пам'яті, знищувати (abolish, annihilate, annul, blast, consume, crush, delete, demolish, efface, exterminate, extinguish, kill, kill off, neutralize, nullify, outroot, overthrow, overturn, pull up, quell, root out, root up, rub out, scotch, sweep away, take off, torpedo, wear off, wither), знищений (tattered), забутий (forgotten, neglected, off the map). (various references)

aboleo, adnullabunt, dele, deleam, deleamus, deleant, deleantur, deleas, deleat, deleatur, delebimus, delebis, delebit, delebitque, delebitur, delebo, delebor, delebunt, delebuntur, delendam, delendi, delendos, delens, deleo, delere, delerem, delerent, deleret, deleri, deleta, deletae, deleti, deletis, deleverit, deleverunt, delevi, delevimus, delevit, delevitque, effligo, effligo, efflixi, efflectum, efflixi, eradico, extinguere. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "obliterate": obliterated, obliterates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Obliterate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abliterate, biliterate, obilterate, obiterate, obliteate, obliterare, obliterative, obliverate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: briolette, trilobate.

-2 letters: aerolite, batterie, blottier, etiolate, laborite, laterite, liberate, libretto, literate, rebottle, titrable, tolerate.

-3 letters: abetter, abettor, ariette, atelier, battier, battler, beretta, biretta, blatter, bleater, bloater, blotter, bottler, brattle, brittle, earlobe, iterate, librate, orbital, retable, retitle, taboret, tertial, tortile, totable, triable, triolet.

-4 letters: aerobe, albeit, albite, areole, attire, bailee, bailer, bailor, baiter, barite.

+1 letter: obliterated, obliterates.

+2 letters: obliterative.

+4 letters: tolerabilities.

+5 letters: enterobacterial, exportabilities, overstabilities.

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