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[uh-blit-uh-ray-shuhn] / əˌblɪt əˈreɪ ʃən /




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Now she was grieving the Taliban’s obliteration of the Afghan legal system and her degree, which was effectively useless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

"I think we're right on the cusp of a total obliteration of diesel trucks as a product category."

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

Speaking at The Hague where he attended a Nato summit on Wednesday, Trump said of the strikes: "It was very severe. It was obliteration."

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

The director is well aware that the heyday of American musicals on both stage and screen occurred amid the Great Depression, World War II, the Holocaust and the brink of nuclear obliteration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

I have given up, too, on oil paints; I have come to dislike their thickness, their obliteration of line, their look of licked lips, the way they call attention to the brushstrokes of the painter.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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