as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring
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Recent Examples of obliterate
Unlike a supernova, which obliterates a star, a nova is just an explosion on the surface of a white dwarf that has gravitationally accreted too much matter from a companion star.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 July 2025
This scenario is music to the ears of used car dealers looking to offload inventory at prices that won't obliterate their profit margins.
—Charles Singh, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Most of the books were singed but readable, with titles outlined in charcoal and price conveniently obliterated.
—Peter Wortsman
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Apache Stronghold and other Apache people in the area say the mine proposed by British-Australian mining firm Resolution Copper would destroy the site, obliterating its connection to the ga'an, or Mountain Spirits and thus preventing any worship at the site.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 13 July 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 July 2025
This scenario is music to the ears of used car dealers looking to offload inventory at prices that won't obliterate their profit margins.
—Charles Singh, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Most of the books were singed but readable, with titles outlined in charcoal and price conveniently obliterated.
—Peter Wortsman
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Apache Stronghold and other Apache people in the area say the mine proposed by British-Australian mining firm Resolution Copper would destroy the site, obliterating its connection to the ga'an, or Mountain Spirits and thus preventing any worship at the site.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterate
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Screwworms were eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s, but have been know to reemerge occasionally.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 July 2025
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Israel retaliated and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to eradicate Hamas.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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Nothing Astronomer could have said or done would've erased the incident.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Intel’s stock jumped early in 2025 as optimism built around new leadership, but shares fell over 9% after Thursday’s Q2 earnings and layoff announcement, threatening to erase most yearly gains.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
25 July 2025
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The poem became an anthem for abolishing convict labor in Florida.—
Time,
Time,
17 July 2025
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Those who call for abolishing ICE or halting deportations rarely grapple with what that would actually mean: open borders in all but name.—
Robert W Hood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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In return, he was allowed to effectively destroy a nature site of great conservation value.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Trump also is destroying the Games’ potential upside.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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