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to destroy all traces of
  • in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring

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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 8 Jul. 2020.

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