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verb [T]
to remove all sign of (something) either by destroying
it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen
The
missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated.
Centuries
of wind and rain had obliterated the words carved on the gravestones.
All
of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.
FIGURATIVE Perhaps
she gets drunk to obliterate (=forget)
painful memories.
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noun [U]
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