Synonyms for obliteration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-blit-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˌblɪt əˈreɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for obliteration Other synonyms for the word obliteration
- abolishing
- assassinating
- blotting out
- canceling
- crashing
- crossing out
- deleting
- disintegrating
- disrupting
- effacing
- eradication
- expunction
- expunging
- extermination
- extinction
- extinguishing
- extinguishment
- extirpation
- havoc
- invalidating
- invalidation
- liquidation
- loss
- massacre
- murder
- overthrow
- ravaging
- rubbing out
- ruin
- ruination
- sacking
- scratching out
- shattering
- slaughter
- slaying
- subjugation
- subversion
- subverting
- undoing
- wiping out
- wreckage
- wrecking
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for obliteration
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