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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

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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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"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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The manipulation of the Death Master File itself has obliterated its validity as a data source for financial and commercial institutions.

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Accompanying the raid were dozens of airstrikes that obliterated major military installations across Syria — all part of an Israeli campaign to preemptively defang Syria’s new authorities.

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One video showed a large section of a 10-storey block of flats obliterated by the attack and victims lying on the road outside.

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Water facilities, electricity and other infrastructure are all but obliterated.

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obliterate obliteration

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