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1. (v.t.) obliterate
to remove or destroy all traces of.
2. obliterate
to blot out or render indecipherable; efface.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L oblitterātus, ptp. of oblitterāre to efface, cause to be forgotten =ob-ob - +-litterāre, der. of litteraletter ; see -ate1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) blotted out, obliterate, obliterated
reduced to nothingness
2. (verb) kill, obliterate, wipe out
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
"kill these lines in the President's speech"
3. (verb) obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
"a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
4. (verb) obliterate, efface
remove completely from recognition or memory
"efface the memory of the time in the camps"
5. (verb) obliterate
do away with completely, without leaving a trace
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1. (adj) obliterate
scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects
2. (verb) obliterate
to erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing
3. (verb) obliterate
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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Sense: to cover, to prevent from being visible
The sand-storm obliterated his footprints.
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 Afrikaans: doodvee, uitwis |
 Arabic: يَطْمُس، يَدْثُر |
 Bulgarian: заличавам |
 Brazilian: apagar |
 Czech: zahladit, smazat |
 German: auslöschen |
 Danish: udviske |
 Greek: εξαλείφω, σβήνω |
 Spanish: borrar, obliterar |
 Estonian: kustutama |
 Farsi: محو کردن |
 Finnish: peittää |
 French: effacer |
 Hebrew: לִמחוֹק לְגָמרֵי |
 Hindi: पूरा बूझा देना, नष्ट करना |
 Croatian: izbrisati |
 Hungarian: eltöröl |
 Indonesian: menutup |
 Icelandic: þurrka út, afmá |
 Italian: cancellare |
 Japanese: 跡を消す |
 Korean: 흔적을 없애다 |
 Lithuanian: išdildyti, sunaikinti |
 Latvian: izdzēst; pārklāt |
 Malay: menutupi |
 Dutch: uitwissen |
 Norwegian: dekke til; viske ut |
 Polish: zatrzeć |
 Persian: محو کردن |
 Pashto: له مينځه وړل |
 Portuguese: apagar |
 Romanian: aşterge |
 Russian: стирать |
 Slovak: zmazať |
 Slovenian: zabrisati |
 Serbian: zatrpati |
 Swedish: utplåna, avlägsna |
 Thai: ลบออกหรือปิดบังจนไม่เห็นร |
 Turkish: bozmak,örtmek |
 Taiwanese: 塗抹去，使湮沒 |
 Ukrainian: згладжувати |
 Urdu: نام و نشان مٹانا |
 Vietnamese: xóa sạch |
 Chinese: 涂去，使湮没 |
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