OBLITERATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does obliterate mean?
• OBLITERATE (adjective)
The adjective OBLITERATE has 1 sense:
1. reduced to nothingness
Familiarity information: OBLITERATE used as an adjective is very rare.
• OBLITERATE (verb)
The verb OBLITERATE has 4 senses:
1. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
2. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
3. remove completely from recognition or memory
4. do away with completely, without leaving a trace
Familiarity information: OBLITERATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OBLITERATE (adjective)
Meaning:
Reduced to nothingness
Synonyms:
blotted out; obliterate; obliterated
Similar:
destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)
• OBLITERATE (verb)
Meaning:
Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
obliterate; wipe out; kill
Context example:
kill these lines in the President's speech
Hypernyms (to "obliterate" is one way to...):
take away; take out (take out or remove)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
blot out; obliterate; veil; hide; obscure
Context examples:
a hidden message / a veiled threat
Hypernyms (to "obliterate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Remove completely from recognition or memory
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
efface; obliterate
Context example:
efface the memory of the time in the camps
Hypernyms (to "obliterate" is one way to...):
blur; dim; slur (become vague or indistinct)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Do away with completely, without leaving a trace
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "obliterate" is one way to...):
do away with; eliminate; get rid of (terminate or take out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
