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Learn to pronounce ob·lit·er·ate

/əˈblidəˌrāt/
verb
destroy utterly; wipe out.
"the memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind"
synonyms: destroy, wipe out, annihilate, exterminate, extirpate, demolish, eliminate, eradicate, kill, decimate, liquidate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, zap

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Definition of OBLITERATE (verb): destroy something completely; get rid of memory, thought, or feeling; cover something completely so it cannot be seen.
Past participle: obliterated
OBLITERATE meaning: to destroy (something) completely so that nothing is left often used as (be) obliterated.
From Latin oblitterātus, perfect passive participle of oblitterō (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).
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