obliterate
1Obliterate — 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… …
2Obliterate — Obliterate: Lineup in 2000 Obliterate is a grindcore band from Košice. Founded in 1992, as one of the first band of this genre in Slovakia Discography 1993 Pieces Of Superior Life (demo) 1995 Blindness (demo) 1997 Blindness (split 7 EP w/ Excrete …
3Obliterate — Ob*lit er*ate, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Scarcely distinct; applied to the markings of insects. [1913 Webster] …
4obliterate — I verb abolere, abolish, annihilate, annul, blot out, bring to nothing, cancel, conceal, consume, cover, cover up, defeat, delere, delete, demolish, deracinate, desolate, destroy, devastate, devour, disintegrate, dispel, dissipate, dissolve,… …
5obliterate — (v.) c.1600, from L. obliteratus, pp. of obliterare cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface, from ob against (see OB (Cf. ob )) + littera (also litera) letter, script (see LETTER (Cf. letter) (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere …
6obliterate — efface, cancel, expunge, *erase, blot out, delete Analogous words: *abolish, annihilate, extinguish: *destroy, raze: annul, abrogate, negate, invalidate, *nullify …
7obliterate — [v] destroy annihilate, ax*, black out*, blot out*, blue pencil*, bog, cancel, cover, cut, defeat, delete, do in*, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, finish, finish off*, kill, knock off*, knock out*, KO*,… …
8obliterate — ► VERB 1) destroy completely. 2) blot out or erase. DERIVATIVES obliteration noun. ORIGIN Latin obliterare strike out, erase , from littera letter …
9obliterate — [ə blit′ər āt΄] vt. obliterated, obliterating [< L obliteratus, pp. of obliterare, to blot out < ob (see OB ) + littera,LETTER1] 1. to blot out or wear away, leaving no traces; erase; efface 2. to do away with as if by effacing; destroy SYN …
10obliterate — v. 1) to obliterate completely, entirely, totally, utterly 2) (D; tr.) to obliterate from * * * [ə blɪtəreɪt] entirely totally utterly (D; tr.) to obliterate from to obliterate completely …
