as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring
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Recent Examples of obliterate
Infrastructure has been obliterated.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
The Snowball was suddenly obliterated by unimaginably high heat and CO2, and the global ice sheets flooded the oceans with steaming meltwater.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Israel’s inability to destroy Hamas’s tunnels has led increasingly to efforts to obliterate everything above ground in Gaza.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Chatter in a crowded room, the grind of metal on train tracks and the boisterous wall of sound backstage at a gig were also effectively subdued but not completely obliterated.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
The Snowball was suddenly obliterated by unimaginably high heat and CO2, and the global ice sheets flooded the oceans with steaming meltwater.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Israel’s inability to destroy Hamas’s tunnels has led increasingly to efforts to obliterate everything above ground in Gaza.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Chatter in a crowded room, the grind of metal on train tracks and the boisterous wall of sound backstage at a gig were also effectively subdued but not completely obliterated.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterate
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Taking the time to invest in people-centric practices in your workplace and eradicate old norms that are no longer serving us is a critical skill of 21st-century leaders.—
Ellen Whitlock Baker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Now with the barriers to entry to publishing information largely eradicated by social media and technology, such alliances may not be as immediately essential.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Merz, for his part, would like to abolish this daily working limit while still maintaining the 40-hour workweek, allowing working days to become more flexible.—
Alex Ledsom,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 2018, China’s legislature abolished presidential term limits in a ceremonial vote, effectively allowing Xi to rule for life.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Acosta allowed it, and IMG destroyed them.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Later, Howard calls Matt and agrees to cut the sequence but also threatens to destroy him.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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