Synonyms of obliterating

obliterating

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicating
• erasing
• abolishing
• destroying
• annihilating
• exterminating
• expunging
• shattering
• effacing
• demolishing
• canceling
• liquidating
• sweeping (away)
• wiping out
• extirpating
• stamping (out)
• killing
• dismantling
• cleaning (up)
• ruining
• blotting out
• ravaging
• decimating
• rooting (out)
• discarding
• wrecking
• devastating
• flattening
• consuming
• smashing
• razing
• wasting
• dissolving
• blacking out
• snuffing (out)
• rubbing out
• fragmenting
• pulverizing
• devouring
• blasting
• totaling
• dashing
• finishing
• dynamiting
• ejecting
• splintering
• tearing down
• expelling
• mowing (down)
• excising
• atomizing
• ditching
• terminating
• jettisoning
• powdering
• dooming
• ousting
• killing off
• zapping
• blowing up
• cutting
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• preserving
• saving
• creating
• conserving
• making
• forming
• building
• constructing
• shaping
• forging
• manufacturing
• framing
• restoring
• repairing
• reconstructing
• rebuilding
• fixing
• fashioning
• renewing
• fabricating
• patching
• renovating
• revamping
• mending
• reconditioning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of obliterating

Fittingly, in the ninth, Ashby endured a 110-mph out from Tommy Edman and an obliterating 108-mph line drive from Kiké Hernández that was caught for an out. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Misiorowski threw 1,115 pitches at least 100 mph during the 2026 regular season, according to Baseball Savant, obliterating the previous high of 673 set by Jordan Hicks in 2018. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Four bullets entered Shakur’s body, one obliterating his lung. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Each is made in the same materials as the reference object, reducing them to pure form, melted or sundered askew, obliterating any possibility of function. — Kim Córdova, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Despite the uneasiness in Cathy’s character, the miniseries’ investment in Lee and its enormous, admirable ambition win out in the end, obliterating any of the earlier wobbles. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

More than 1,000 people are dead and nearly 4,000 missing after a Himalayan glacial collapse unleashed catastrophic floods across the Nepal-China border, obliterating roads, towns and hydropower projects. — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Today, for a few brief moments, some one billion people experienced partly or fully dark skies as the moon passes directly in front of our star, obliterating its light. — Claire Cameron & Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

Then, on August 6, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, obliterating nearly five square miles of the city. — James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026