GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Obliterate (?), 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 undecipherable, as a writing.
   
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   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”.
   
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   The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. W. Black.
   
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2.       
   obliterated adj.
   1.  destroyed so thoroughly as to be unrecognizable or imperceptible.
   
   Syn. -- wiped out, obliterate.
   
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   2.  made illegible or imperceptible by erasing or abrading away; -- of writing or surface designs on objects.
   
   Syn. -- blotted out, obliterated.
   
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