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obliterate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of obliterate

to destroy all traces of

in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring

Synonyms of obliterate

abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe out

Words Related to obliterate

decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage

dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down

ruin, total, waste, wreck

blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash

atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter

doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap

cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out

Near Antonyms of obliterate

conserve, preserve, protect, save

build, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape

fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp

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