OBLITERATE

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• See also destroy

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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