obliterate

[uh-blit-uh-reyt] / əˈblɪt əˌreɪt /

VERB

destroy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annihilate black out eliminate eradicate erase expunge exterminate knock out obscure ravage smash wash out wipe out

STRONG

ax bog cancel cover cut defeat delete efface extirpate finish kill level liquidate nix off scratch scrub sink squash torpedo total trash waste zap

WEAK

KO X out blot out blue pencil do in finish off knock off mark out root out rub off rub out shoot down take apart take out wipe off face of earth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

add aid assist bear build create fix help revive

STRONG

begin construct initiate keep leave alone save schedule set up start

Example Sentences

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They would have gleaned some confidence from their comeback against Arsenal but they went to the Vitality Stadium and absolutely obliterated the Cherries.

From BBC

I think maybe with the trauma from being completely obliterated by 10-15 guys, it just took a lot.

From Seattle Times

One resident sent The Washington Post photos of a mother and her two children obliterated by shrapnel from a shell that landed in his neighborhood.

From Washington Post

The other obliterated an unoccupied multimillion-dollar vacation home early on April 1, igniting a fire and triggering a flash flood of snowmelt that slammed into a nearby condominium complex.

From Los Angeles Times

Part of the movie’s conceit is that Beau’s guilt is such a paralyzing, all-consuming force as to obliterate any sense of who he really is, what he’s really done, what he’s genuinely guilty of.

From Los Angeles Times

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