as in erased
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 obliterated
Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Thanks to major investments in public health, diseases such as smallpox, polio, yellow fever, malaria, measles, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tuberculosis have either been obliterated or become vanishingly rare.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Other towns were virtually obliterated, too, including Annapolis, Missouri; Gorham, Illinois; and Griffith, Indiana.
—John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately in recent years, a corrupt group of hacks and radicals within the ranks of the American government obliterated the trust and good will built up over generations.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
Much of the goodwill needed for such customer loyalty was blatantly obliterated, though, during Sonos' botched app update last year.
—Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
Tanks and other resources can be seen in satellite imagery, and the motor pools full of old ones empty out as they get shipped to the battlefield and obliterated.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
The economy was obliterated, and many families chose to leave the city, drastically reducing its population.
—Sebastián López Brach, The Dial, 25 Feb. 2025
Friday The Cavaliers obliterated New York, 142-107.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
That’s already ahead of Wisconsin’s 2023 national record of $56 million, which obliterated the previous high-water mark of $15 million set during the 2004 election of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier, even when adjusting for inflation.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Thanks to major investments in public health, diseases such as smallpox, polio, yellow fever, malaria, measles, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tuberculosis have either been obliterated or become vanishingly rare.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Other towns were virtually obliterated, too, including Annapolis, Missouri; Gorham, Illinois; and Griffith, Indiana.
—John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately in recent years, a corrupt group of hacks and radicals within the ranks of the American government obliterated the trust and good will built up over generations.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
Much of the goodwill needed for such customer loyalty was blatantly obliterated, though, during Sonos' botched app update last year.
—Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
Tanks and other resources can be seen in satellite imagery, and the motor pools full of old ones empty out as they get shipped to the battlefield and obliterated.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
The economy was obliterated, and many families chose to leave the city, drastically reducing its population.
—Sebastián López Brach, The Dial, 25 Feb. 2025
Friday The Cavaliers obliterated New York, 142-107.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterated
Verb
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In China, a wide swath of suppliers are likely to see their already narrow margins completely erased, with a new wave of efforts to establish factories in other countries set to begin.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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Their implementation led the stock markets to drop drastically, with Wall Street posting its worst losses since 2020 and trillions of dollars in value erased.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Ferrari’s unhealthy reputation for muddling their decisions looked to have been eradicated last year in Fred Vasseur’s first season as team principal, but the issue has reared its head again over the opening two races of 2025.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Measles, once eradicated, is again spreading in New Mexico and West Texas and even in our own area, where vaccine skepticism has long had a foothold in some parts of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Residents have posted photos online showing their houses destroyed by the tornadoes, with roofs fallen completely off, walls caved in and debris on lawns.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Nearly 300 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Oklahoma due to fire.—
TIME,
TIME,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Project 2025 report said that when Congress created the program, MEP centers were intended to transition to self-sustaining private institutions but that a ban on long-term funding was abolished in 1998.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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Illinois abolished cash bail in 2023.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And the mangled edge of my middle finger can attest to the fact that replacing them is not without risk.—
Anthony Karcz,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Lee, the Taiwanese master of repression and ritual, understood it instinctively — this collision of big skies and small mangled hearts.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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But in the last few years, an explosion of warehouse development has wiped out farmland and open space.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2023
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Tens of billions of dollars in value has been wiped out, including during the days when the company was soliciting bids for its offering, the largest of its kind in India.—
Alex Travelli,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2023
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“Obliterated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterated. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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