obliterate
US: /əˈbɫɪtɝˌeɪt/
UK: /əblˈɪtəɹˌeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
obliterate /ə'blitəreit/- ngoại động từ
- xoá, tẩy, gạch đi, xoá sạch (dấu vết...); phá sạch, làm tiêu ma
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb[VN] [often passive] to remove all signs of sth, either by destroying or covering it completely: The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. + The snow had obliterated their footprints. + Everything that happened that night was obliterated from his memory.
obliteration noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 erase, expunge, rub out, efface, eradicate, wipe out, delete, dele, strike off or out, strike from, rule out, eliminate, write off:
After the scandal, that name was obliterated from the roll of honour
2 annihilate, destroy, kill, exterminate, wipe out, eliminate, blot out, eradicate, extirpate:
The entrance to the cave was completely obliterated by the explosion.
Collocation
ADV.
completely, entirely, totally
The village was totally obliterated by the bomb.
| almost, virtually
Concise dictionary
obliterates|obliterated|obliteratingə'blɪtəreɪtverb
+mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
+make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
+remove completely from recognition or memory
+do away with completely, without leaving a trace
adj.
+reduced to nothingness
