OBLITERATED Definition & Meaning

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obliterated

[ uh-blit-uh-rey-tid ]

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completely destroyed or done away with, so that little or no trace remains:
I stood amid the rubble of obliterated buildings, where not even a feral cat was to be seen.
Removing the brain tumor left him with an obliterated memory of the last 15 years.
blotted out completely so that it cannot be read or discerned:
He was arrested for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

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First recorded in 1605–15; obliterate ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; obliterate ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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One video showed a large section of a 10-storey block of flats obliterated by the attack and victims lying on the road outside.

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Water facilities, electricity and other infrastructure are all but obliterated.

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He obliterated the previous record for the number of games taken to score 50 Premier League goals that had stood for 28 years.

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“All that was standing was our chimney and a basketball hoop. We didn’t even make the turn onto our street. We could see everything was obliterated.”

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Some of the areas left behind were obliterated, while others have just about survived.

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