as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring
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Recent Examples of obliterate
Like Romero’s foundational film and its sequels, 28 Days Later held a mirror up to society and asked what Britain would look like when its traditional values were obliterated and the notions of polite society were snuffed out.
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Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Smith will obliterate that benchmark before the All-Star break.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Video stores, as Perry points out, thrived as independent businesses in the eighties, were dominated by Blockbuster and other chains in the nineties, lost ground to big-box-store DVD sales in the two-thousands, and were just about obliterated by streaming services by the early twenty-tens.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 June 2025
Images show deep muddy scars carved into the mountain, with buildings and trees obliterated.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Smith will obliterate that benchmark before the All-Star break.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Video stores, as Perry points out, thrived as independent businesses in the eighties, were dominated by Blockbuster and other chains in the nineties, lost ground to big-box-store DVD sales in the two-thousands, and were just about obliterated by streaming services by the early twenty-tens.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 June 2025
Images show deep muddy scars carved into the mountain, with buildings and trees obliterated.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterate
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But advocates say eradicating the Iranian nuclear threat and weakening the regime is in America's national interests because Tehran is a significant destabilizing force in the Middle East, where the United States has key allies and partners, such as Israel and Qatar.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Although the red autumn fruits with yellow casings make a lovely Thanksgiving wreath, this woody vine is difficult to manage and eradicate.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 June 2025
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But the suddenly lukewarm Rockies, who seemed primed to erase the 2024 Sox from the record books, entered Wednesday’s game against Washington with a three-game win streak and a 7-7 record in their last 14 games.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Clark tried to erase the memories of his disappointment at Oakmont with an opening round 6-under 64 on Thursday, putting him tied for second in the early afternoon.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
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Lethal injection is the only method of execution after firing squads were abolished in 2011.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 June 2025
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Beginning in the 1950s, between 20 million and 25 million households gained ownership of plots of land through the government’s scheme to abolish the colonial-era zamindari system of tax-collecting landlords.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Kanye West fired multiple PR firms before his antisemitic meltdowns destroyed billion-dollar partnerships with Adidas and Gap.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Indeterminate numbers of casualties have occurred in both Iran and Israel, though Israel's intentions to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities may require U.S. artillery aid in the form of multi-ton bunker buster bombs.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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