obliterate Antonyms

Meaning of obliterate

Wordnet

obliterate (v)

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

remove completely from recognition or memory

do away with completely, without leaving a trace

Wordnet

obliterate (s)

reduced to nothingness

Webster

obliterate (v. t.)

To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.

Webster

obliterate (a.)

Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.

obliterate Sentence Examples

  1. The cataclysmic earthquake obliterated entire cities, leaving behind only rubble and ruins.
  2. The wildfire raged through the forest, obliterating vegetation and reducing once-verdant trees to ashes.
  3. The nuclear explosion obliterated the building, leaving no trace of its former existence.
  4. The enemy's relentless bombardment obliterated the fortifications, opening a path for invasion.
  5. The devastating tsunami obliterated coastal communities, sweeping away homes and claiming countless lives.
  6. The intense heat of the furnace obliterated the old tires, leaving behind only a pile of molten rubber.
  7. The surgeon's skilled scalpel precisely obliterated the cancerous tissue, leaving behind healthy margins.
  8. The government implemented harsh censorship laws, obliterating freedom of expression and silencing dissent.
  9. The relentless rain obliterated the dirt road, leaving behind a quagmire of mud and rocks.
  10. The bulldozer's powerful blade obliterated the dilapidated house, making way for new construction.

FAQs About the word obliterate

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase, make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing, remove completely from recognition or memory, do away wit

erase, abolish, destroy,eradicate, extirpate, cancel, liquidate, sweep (away), efface, clean (up)

make, build, preserve, make, save,protect, save, preserve, create, protect

The cataclysmic earthquake obliterated entire cities, leaving behind only rubble and ruins.

The wildfire raged through the forest, obliterating vegetation and reducing once-verdant trees to ashes.

The nuclear explosion obliterated the building, leaving no trace of its former existence.

The enemy's relentless bombardment obliterated the fortifications, opening a path for invasion.