obliterate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin oblitterātus, perfect passive participle of oblitterō (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əbˈlɪtəɹeɪt/

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Verb

1. To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy.

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1. • The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated.

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     Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Related terms

• obliteration

Translations

to remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy

• Catalan: anihilar (ca), aniquilar (ca), esmicolar (ca), destrossar (ca), destruir (ca)
• Dutch: uitwissen (nl)
• Finnish: tuhota (fi), hävittää (fi)
• French: annihiler (fr)
• German: auslöschen (de)
• Hungarian: eltöröl (hu), kiirt (hu)
• Italian: obliterare (it), annullare (it), spazzare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: oblitterō, annihilō (la)
• Maori: urupatu
• Portuguese: aniquilar (pt), obliterar (pt)
• Russian: уничто́жить (ru) pf (uničtóžitʹ)
• Spanish: remover (es), borrar (es), destruir (es), obliterar (es), arrasar (es)
• Swedish: utplåna (sv)

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Italian

Verb

obliterate

1. second-person plural present indicative of obliterare
2. second-person plural imperative of obliterare
3. feminine plural of obliterato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) obliterāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of obliterō