obliterate, efface
(verb) remove completely from recognition or memory; “efface the memory of the time in the camps”
obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
(verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; “a hidden message”; “a veiled threat”
obliterate
(verb) do away with completely, without leaving a trace
kill, obliterate, wipe out
(verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; “kill these lines in the President’s speech”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
obliterate (third-person singular simple present obliterates, present participle obliterating, simple past and past participle obliterated)
To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy.
• See also destroy
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*lit"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliterated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliterating.] Etym: [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.
Ob*lit"er*ate, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
