obliteration

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Recent Examples of obliteration Consider how his statement complicates everything we’ve been told to believe about the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. Book Marks september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 Israel’s military obliteration of Gaza does not result in total triumph. Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025 The app and his ears were the only things protecting him against the prospect of sudden obliteration by a 100,000-metric-ton bulk carrier. Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 After those attacks the total obliteration of Hamas was called for by Israel and its allies and was expected. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025 After those attacks the total obliteration of Hamas was called for by Israel and its allies and was expected. Walden Green, Pitchfork, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliteration
Noun
  • Shackleton blamed the sinking of the Endurance on the destruction of its rudder; for more than a century, historians accepted this explanation.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • They’re often greeted with the sight of their mischievous pup climbing onto furniture or causing destruction while unattended.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tuesday marks two years since the Israel-Hamas war began, bringing devastation across the region.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • After two years of devastation in Gaza, conditions appeared set to make a lasting ceasefire at least possible, if not probable.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jilly will undoubtedly be best remembered for her chart-topping series The Rutshire Chronicles and its havoc-making and handsome show-jumping hero Rupert Campbell-Black.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In total, Elanga provided five first-half crosses and, while only Gordon’s counted as ‘completed’, that does a disservice to the havoc the Sweden international caused.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This discovery sheds light on the history of the species’ extinction.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Almost all of the largest plant and animal species on Earth were driven to extinction, including all of the non-avian dinosaurs and the last of the flying reptiles.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • According to Hanke, Milei’s big loss in the Buenos Aires contest and the acceleration in the peso’s decline confirmed the Money Doctor’s warning that the inevitable lure for mismanaging the peso was Milei’s Achilles’ heel.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Completely outplayed by the Brewers thus far in a National League Division Series, the Cubs are teetering on the brink of elimination after Monday night’s 7-3 loss at American Family Field.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The sign — fixed high on the outside wall of the black and red painted concrete block building — was to be removed before demolition and donated to the Wisconsin Black Historical Society/ Museum under the requirements of the demolition contract.
    Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In 1983, a report estimated that, since 1970, New York City had lost approximately three hundred and ten thousand apartments to abandonment or demolition—many were burned.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Obliteration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliteration. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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