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
The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius obliterated Pompeii in 79 CE, but the Roman city didn’t remain a lifeless disaster zone for long.
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Andrew Paul Aug 7, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
However, much of the legislation written in the decades after their arrival tells us there remained slim-chances, skin of the teeth opportunities, and loopholes to freedom and fellowship that had yet to be eradicated, obliterated, sealed-off.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
The same ash trees being obliterated by invasive emerald ash borers across the country.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Shkolnik took a more negative view of how the changes will affect ADU development, saying the council went beyond adding guardrails and essentially obliterated the incentive.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
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Andrew Paul Aug 7, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
However, much of the legislation written in the decades after their arrival tells us there remained slim-chances, skin of the teeth opportunities, and loopholes to freedom and fellowship that had yet to be eradicated, obliterated, sealed-off.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
The same ash trees being obliterated by invasive emerald ash borers across the country.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Shkolnik took a more negative view of how the changes will affect ADU development, saying the council went beyond adding guardrails and essentially obliterated the incentive.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterate
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The Department of Justice will continue bringing litigation against sanctuary jurisdictions and work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to eradicate these harmful policies around the country.—
Peter Aitken
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Aug. 2025
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Its nuclear infrastructure is wrecked but by no means wholly eradicated.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Aug. 2025
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This practice of reframing doesn’t erase the problem, sure.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The move to erase the sometimes ugly truth about this country’s history?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
19 Aug. 2025
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Chancellor Elva LeBlanc said Thursday that although faculty associations at TCC’s six campuses will be abolished Sept. 1, faculty will still have a voice and be included in decision-making processes.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Aug. 2025
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Even after slavery was abolished, some families who sought to find their kin never did.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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Large dangerous waves will likely inundate and destroy protective dune structures.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Aug. 2025
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For weeks after the house was destroyed, Ms. Monarrez couldn’t sleep.—
Jill Cowan,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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