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obliterated

[uh-blit-uh-rey-tid]

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adjective

completely destroyed or done away with, so that little or no trace remains.
I stood amid the rubble of obliterated buildings, where not even a feral cat was to be seen.
Removing the brain tumor left him with an obliterated memory of the last 15 years.
blotted out completely so that it cannot be read or discerned.
He was arrested for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of obliterate.

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Other Word Forms

half-obliterated adjective
unobliterated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of obliterated¹

First recorded in 1605–15; obliterate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; obliterate ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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Later, he claimed that the city would have been "obliterated" had he not taken this action, telling reporters that that the protesters are "insurrectionists, they're bad people" and they "should be in jail."

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Trump has said that without the mobilization of the military, “Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.”

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Trump has said that the mobilization was “a great decision” necessary to “deal with the violent, instigated riots in California,” and that if he hadn’t mobilized the forces, “Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.”

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I believed both parties were the same, and felt a misguided desire to see our established political order obliterated.

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"If they are willing to listen to how my life has been obliterated and will never be the same, for them to say those words is obviously very triggering," she said.

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obliterate obliteration

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