Definitions

obliteration

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

NOUN

annihilation

Synonyms

STRONG

abolition bane carnage crushing dissolving downfall elimination end eradication extermination extinction extinguishing extirpation havoc invalidation liquidation loss massacre murder overthrow ravaging ruin ruination sacking shattering slaughter slaying subjugation subversion undoing wreckage wrecking

WEAK

abolishing assassinating crashing disintegrating disrupting extinguishment invalidating subverting

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment birth building construction creation success

NOUN

erasure

Synonyms

STRONG

cancellation deletion eradication expunction expunging

WEAK

blotting out canceling crossing out deleting effacing rubbing out scratching out wiping out

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Obliteration drives several extraordinary series of conceptual works that shine in the exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

In another episode, The Extract Obliteration, he appears making a phone call to Sheldon - having played a game of Words With Friends online with him.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2018

Rather like the Obliteration Room, in which visitors paste colored stickers over blank, white walls, the selfie is something pasted over the blankness of the experience itself.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2017

"Obliteration is not in our lexicon," declares Moylan.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2012

He was President of the Society for the Suppression of Useless Knowledge and for the Complete Obliteration of the Past.

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel

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