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obliterate
What does obliterate mean?
obliterate (verb): to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use obliterate in a sentence?
- This threatens to obliterate all the progress we have made over the years. (Tatoeba sentence #5635868 by mailohilohi, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce obliterate?
/əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Words related to obliterate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “obliterate” mean?
to assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument
Not quite: that's what postulate means.
to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out
Right! That's what “obliterate” means.
to take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract
Not quite: that's what withdraw means.
to compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf
Not quite: that's what reimburse means.
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