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Webster 1913 Edition
Obliterate
Ob-lit′er-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Obliterated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obliterating
.] 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 antiquityThe harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly
obliterated
. W. Black.
Ob-lit′er-ate
,Adj.
(Zool.)
Scarcely distinct; – applied to the markings of insects.
Webster 1828 Edition
Obliterate
OBLIT'ERATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To efface; to erase or blot out any thing written; or to efface any thing engraved. A writing may be obliterated by erasure, by blotting, or by the slow operation of time or natural causes.2.
To efface; to wear out; to destroy by time or other means; as, to obliterate ideas or impressions; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity; to obliterate reproach.3.
To reduce to a very low or imperceptible state.The torpor of the vascular system and obliterated pulse.
Definition 2024
obliterate
obliterate
English
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.
- William Black (1841-1898)
- The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- 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."
- William Black (1841-1898)
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:destroy
Translations
to remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy
Italian
Verb
obliterate
- second-person plural present indicative of obliterare
- second-person plural imperative of obliterare
- feminine plural of obliterato