Crossword clues for obliterate
obliterate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
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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.
Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten," from ob "against" (see ob-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters." Related: Obliterated; obliterating.
Wiktionary
vb. To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy.
WordNet
adj. reduced to nothingness [syn: blotted out, obliterated]
v. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" [syn: kill, wipe out]
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn: obscure, blot out, veil, hide]
remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" [syn: efface]
do away with completely, without leaving a trace
Wikipedia
Obliterate is a grindcore band from Košice. Founded in 1992, as one of the first band of this genre in Slovakia
Usage examples of "obliterate".
I could obliterate smoking and all drug addiction with just one billionth of those funds.
Jenny had told him she thought sexual distraction might be her ticket out of agoraphobia, but Devon had never suspected it could obliterate some of his problems, too.
Chakans were reputable fighters known for the simplicity of their tactics and sophistication of their equipment, yet a few moments of apocalyptic alien fury had obliterated ships and soldiers as thoroughly as moths in a volcano.
The rectal opening gradually cicatrized, the sac became obliterated, and the woman left the hospital well.
The hepatic and cystic ducts were pervious and the hepatic duct obliterated.
Before sounding the alarm he ran for his digicam, rightly anticipating that everybody in Alfa soon would swarm in and obliterate every clue.
Angel ere too late Arrest the yet unfolded Roll of Fate, And make the stern Recorder otherwise Enregister, or quite obliterate!
Clouds had come, shortly after noon, to obliterate the bright morning sun, and a damp chill had enveloped the castle.
But the names of the legatee, executrix, testator, names of witnesses and their addresses were completely obliterated.
I had no other purpose in view but to restore calm to her mind, and to obliterate the bad opinion which the unworthy Steffani had given her of men in general.
On leaving the baron I went to see her, and as soon as she heard that the baron had paid me she ordered a delicious supper, and made me spend a night that obliterated all my sorrows from my memory.
Was the moral sentiment of the country population so perverted, so obliterated, that robbers and murderers could find safe harbourage, trustworthy friends, and secret intelligence?
She closed her eyes, trying to remove from her mind the concocted image of poor Hiren, writhing on the floor of the Senate, the deadly thalaron radiation practically obliterating his molecular structure.
He devoured her with his eyes, his hands, his mouth, stroking the smooth white skin of her thighs with the tips of his fingers, trailing them with his lips until the seaweed scent of the sea was obliterated by the sweet muskiness of her desire and he dipped his tongue into the honeypot, drawn irresistibly by the dizzying, addictive essence of her.
It could not, however, obliterate the hubbub, musical and otherwise, in the hall.