as in erases
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 obliterates
This, to put it mildly, is not ideal, not when it is put together with the kind of afternoon which obliterates mitigation.
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
In this new gem, the USS Farragut is on a planetary survey of Helicon Gamma when a shark-like scavenger spaceship appears and obliterates the planet.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Loktev grants us glimpses of life lived on the margins of that work, and the unwavering steadiness of her gaze obliterates any distinctions between the personal, the professional, and the political.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
In this new gem, the USS Farragut is on a planetary survey of Helicon Gamma when a shark-like scavenger spaceship appears and obliterates the planet.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Loktev grants us glimpses of life lived on the margins of that work, and the unwavering steadiness of her gaze obliterates any distinctions between the personal, the professional, and the political.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterates
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The win improves the Bills' record to 5-2 and erases some of the pain from their two-game losing streak.—
Anne Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Amazon Basin builds and erases its own geography through its rivers.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
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One such affliction is Tay-Sachs, a disease that disproportionately affects people of Ashkenazi descent and destroys brain and spinal nerve cells.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
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The movie follows a similar arc, with an additional subplot in which the creature destroys the city while under the influence of a powerful demon.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Obliterates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterates. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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