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obliterate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated}; p. pr & vb n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera, letter. See {Letter}.] 1. To erase or blot out to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. 2. To wear out to remove or destroy utterly by any means to render imperceptible; as to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: obliterate adj : reduced to nothingness [syn: {blotted out}, {obliterated}] v 1: mark for deletion or rule out "kill these lines in the President's speech" [syn: {kill}, {wipe out}] 2: conceal or hide by covering or intervening [syn: {obscure}, {blot out}, {hide}] 3: wipe out or make dim; "efface a memory" [syn: {wipe}, {efface}] 4: put out or quench, as of fires or lights [syn: {extinguish}] [ant: {ignite}]
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