āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
obliterate
/ÉblËÉĒtÉÉšËeâÉĒt/
to obliterate
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to completely destroy something
Transitive: to obliterate sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The digital backup failed, and we had to obliterate the corrupted files to start fresh.
āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to eliminate something from one's memory
Transitive: to obliterate a memory
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The traumatic experience was so intense that he struggled to obliterate it from his mind.
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Layers of vines and moss had obliterated the ancient carvings on the stone wall.
āĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make a body part, scar, or fluid passage disappear or collapse
Transitive: to obliterate a bodily tissue
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tumor grew rapidly, obliterating the duct and causing a blockage.
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to mark over a postage stamp so it cannot be used for mailing again
Transitive: to obliterate postage stamps
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
To avoid fraud, the machine automatically obliterated the stamps during processing.
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§, āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
obliterate
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤, āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤
reduced to nothingness
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
obliterated
obliteration
obliterator
obliterate
obliter
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
