OBLITERATING Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

obliterating

verb

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present participle of obliterate

as in eradicating

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 obliterating But many are left to contend with how to erase the veneration of Chavez the man without obliterating the history of the struggle to improve the lives of Latinos, the country’s second largest ethnic and racial group. —

Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026 That’s a coy way of lending support to a criminal war that cannot be won because there is no measure of victory short of obliterating Iran. —

Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026 Instead of simply challenging the more foolish of those woke policies, our federal and state governments seem hell bent on obliterating any activity that even hints of DEI. —

Maurice O'Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026 The combustible Bublik, meanwhile, played to type, obliterating his racket after losing the second set against Hijikata. —

James Hansen, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 But if the obliteration lasted only half a year, what value is there in re-obliterating it? —

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026 This procedure involves obliterating a person’s current gut microbiome and replacing it with microbes harvested from a donor’s feces. —

Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2026 As if obliterating the stage wasn’t enough, Doechii also pulled off a semi-upset, taking home the best rap album Grammy for Alligator Bites. —

Kyle Denis, Billboard, 20 Jan. 2026 With 51 treys this season, Heinricy’s career total sits at 252, obliterating the school mark of 205. —

Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026

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Instead of eradicating synthetic food dyes, which is within his purview as health secretary, Kennedy has focused on using his bully pulpit to pressure food companies to voluntarily remove them.

— Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit, filed March 9 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims the plan for eradicating the deer, which have roamed the island for 100 years, was wrongfully approved by the state and needs an environmental review.

— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026