Antonyms for obliterate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-blit-uh-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈblɪt əˌreɪt |
Definition of obliterate
Origin :- c.1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten," from ob "against" (see ob-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters." Related: Obliterated; obliterating.
- verb destroy
- It would be vain for him to try to obliterate the traces of his priesthood.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- Could he but obliterate as completely the dread reckoning of another world!
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- I should turn my ray upon you and obliterate you immediately.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
- Was he, at last, ashamed, and trying to obliterate the memory of his jealousy?
- Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
- He moved toward it very carefully, in order not to obliterate any footprints.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- A thousand years have no power to obliterate the difference.
- Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
- And there the waves sweep in and obliterate his foot-prints forever.
- Extract from : « Shadows of Shasta » by Joaquin Miller
- Civilization modifies this division of labor, but cannot obliterate it.
- Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
- At any moment they might take it into their heads to swarm over Cunningham and obliterate him.
- Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
- Who that has known its long anticipated joy can ever obliterate it from memory!
- Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs
Synonyms for obliterate
- annihilate
- ax
- black out
- blot out
- blue pencil
- bog
- cancel
- cover
- cut
- defeat
- delete
- do in
- efface
- eliminate
- eradicate
- erase
- expunge
- exterminate
- extirpate
- finish
- finish off
- kill
- knock off
- knock out
- KO
- level
- liquidate
- mark out
- nix
- obscure
- off
- ravage
- root out
- rub off
- rub out
- scratch
- scrub
- shoot down
- sink
- smash
- squash
- take apart
- take out
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- wash out
- waste
- wipe off face of earth
- wipe out
- X-out
- zap
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