Obliteration

Ob-litˊer-a′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

obliteratio

: cf. F.

oblitération

.]

The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.

Sir. M. Hale.

,

Noun.

The act of effacing; effacement; a blotting out or wearing out; extinction.

See also: oblitération

obliteration ‎(countable and uncountable, plural obliterations)

The total destruction of something.
The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.
(medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).

The total destruction of something

The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something