Definitions for obliterator

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ob•lit•er•ateəˈblɪt əˌreɪt(v.t.)-at•ed, -at•ing.

  1. to remove or destroy all traces of.

  2. to blot out or render indecipherable; efface.

Origin of obliterate:

1590–1600; < L oblitterātus, ptp. of oblitterāre to efface, cause to be forgotten =ob-ob - +-litterāre, der. of litteraletter ; see -ate1

ob•lit′er•a`tor(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. obliterator(noun)

    an eliminator that does away with all traces


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