From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, a. (Zool.)
Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliterate
adj 1: reduced to nothingness [syn: {blotted out}, {obliterate},
{obliterated}]
v 1: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in
the President's speech" [syn: {kill}, {obliterate}, {wipe
out}]
2: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or
concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn:
{obscure}, {blot out}, {obliterate}, {veil}, {hide}]
3: remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the
memory of the time in the camps" [syn: {obliterate},
{efface}]
4: do away with completely, without leaving a trace
|
