obliteration
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7.9
- noun
- /əˌblɪtəˈreɪʃən/
:
aniquilación
- After the explosion, there was an obliteration of the old building, reducing it to rubble.
- total obliteration
- complete obliteration
- self-obliteration
It wasn't just planned and constructive forgetting, It was obliteration of what actually happened.
- It wasn't just planned and constructive forgetting, It was obliteration of what actually happened.
- Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
Examples
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Now, here on this rugged patch of earth called Plataea... ...Xerxes' hordes face obliteration!
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Fear is the little death that brings obliteration.
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Refusal to do so will result in your obliteration.
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Join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration.
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Corporations risk economic obliteration over an indictment, never mind conviction at trial.
Academic text (2017) -
It wasn't just planned and constructive forgetting, It was obliteration of what actually happened.
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His classic critique of the World War II practice of obliteration bombing was brilliant, courageous, and singular.
Academic text (2009) -
The hurricane caused the complete obliteration of the coastal town, leaving nothing behind.
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The attack led to the swift obliteration of the enemy's supply lines and infrastructure.
Synonyms
849
3.0
Severe damage that makes something no longer exist or cannot be fixed
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4.4
The dying out of a species so it no longer exists
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3.5
The act of removing something you do not need
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8.1
Complete destruction so nothing is left
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7.4
A complete killing or removal of a group of living things
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6.8
Complete removal of something unwanted
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7.7
An area left empty and ruined after a disaster
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6.4
Burning waste completely until only ash remains
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6.3
Complete destruction that leaves nothing left
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5.9
The act of removing writing or information from a document
Complete removal of something, often by pulling it out by the roots
The act of destroying something so it is completely ruined
A state of complete destruction that leaves a place ruined
Antonyms
How Destroyed
Surface Forms
Morphology
obliteration = obliterate (transparent) = obliterate + ion
Standard nominalization from the verb 'obliterate'; the noun directly denotes the act or result of obliterating.
Etymology
Obliteration comes from Latin parts ob- 'against' and littera 'letter', because it first meant 'to blot out letters' or erase writing. So obliteration now means something is completely gone or destroyed, as if it had been wiped off a page.