Antonyms for obliteration

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-blit-uh-rey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : əˌblɪt əˈreɪ ʃən

Definition of obliteration

Origin : 1650s, from Late Latin obliterationem (nominative obliteratio), noun of action from past participle stem of obliterare (see obliterate).

noun annihilation
noun erasure

Example sentences :

Obliteration of a portion of the Urethra, remedied by an operation.
Extract from : « North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 » by Various

There was no springing to her side; no rapture of declared affection; no obliteration of her shame.
Extract from : « The Man » by Bram Stoker

The obliteration of Desire is the first aim of the Buddhist.
Extract from : « Indian Myth and Legend » by Donald Alexander Mackenzie

Moses seeks the obliteration of his name, unless Israel was pardoned.
Extract from : « Christmas Evans » by Paxton Hood

Nothing but fish stands between their town and obliteration.
Extract from : « Through Arctic Lapland » by Cutcliffe Hyne

Do you not see that the obliteration of it is the brand upon the forehead of morality?
Extract from : « Tracts on the Sabbath » by Various

One of these was the obliteration of thrift from the minds of the French people.
Extract from : « Fiat Money Inflation in France » by Andrew Dickson White

The obstacles which stand in the way of this obliteration, at the outset, are two.
Extract from : « Evolution » by Frank B. Jevons

It was the survival of the fittest, the obliteration of the superfluous; but it was hard.
Extract from : « The Lash » by Olin L. Lyman

There had been no obliteration, because there had been no tending.
Extract from : « Return of the Native » by Thomas Hardy

Synonyms for obliteration

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