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obliterated

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verb

past tense of obliterate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of obliterated
Adjective
Despite an obliterated navy and air force, Iran wielded significant economic power in the spring. David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Verb
The Strip had been largely obliterated in the war between Hamas and Israel, and most of its two million inhabitants were living in tents or in the ruins; images of human misery had flooded screens around the world. Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 The hulking, five-story border checkpoint facility, which loomed over the surrounding area in the grand style of Chinese government facilities, has been obliterated. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Once that protection was abandoned, the stocks of many financials were easily obliterated. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026 And the sheer number of policies obliterated any perverse incentives on killing one policyholder to get their return marginally sooner. Vito Emanuel, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 The cups on display, with sleek forms and graphic twinkles, immediately felt relatable yet also transcendent, the boundary between life and art blissfully obliterated. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 And is all that trust about to be obliterated in the next 15 minutes? Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026 That $750,000 first feature has obliterated all box-office expectations, grossing a staggering $488 million worldwide to become the industry’s biggest success story. Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026 The Drive can confirm the Ford Mustang GTD Competition that obliterated the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X’s Nurburgring lap record was in fact rolling on street-legal tires. Joel Feder, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterated
Adjective
  • The plains wolf ecotype was extirpated thanks, mostly, to government eradication efforts, wildlife managers note in the report.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Sullivan discussed the state’s history of LGBTQ+ people and organizations and how much of that history has been intentionally erased, according to The Alabama Reflector.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Not honoring a family’s home language would mean the welcome and validation that families feel in the program would be erased.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols was found in London’s East End slums.
    USA Today, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In July 2025, the EPA entered into an agreement with Vistra to remove damaged batteries from its property.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In the port city of Odesa, one person was killed in a Russian attack that sparked a fire at garages and damaged vehicles and private homes, Serhii Lysak, head of the city’s military administration, wrote on Telegram Wednesday.
    Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 629 Ukrainian drones overnight over 14 Russian regions, as well as illegally annexed Crimea and the Azov and the Black seas.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In the course of three weeks, Israeli soldiers destroyed much of the area, razing schools and mosques and commandeering buildings for use as military posts.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • This fencing appeared to have been lifted up and twisted, landing in a mangled and haphazard manner.
    Mike Stunson, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Chopper 4 was on the scene where a white car was flipped over and completely mangled.
    Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • In 2017, Alabama abolished judicial override and stopped allowing judges to change juries' sentencing decision in capital cases.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The practice − called judicial override − was abolished in Alabama in 2017 but the move did not apply to old cases.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Obliterated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterated. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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