obliterate

Example Sentences

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But now satellite images reveal that Iran is repairing the damage done, suggesting he didn’t obliterate the sites after all.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026

She does not obliterate herself, as Tár would demand — she frees herself.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025

And why does it feel like large swaths of the local hip-hop world not only want to pretend that the killing never happened, but simultaneously obliterate all evidence of Drakeo’s era-defining impact?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

But what she didn’t know was that a meteor was hurtling in her direction, about to obliterate everything.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

Staring at the inside of the locker, like looking into an upright coffin, he felt as though someone was trying to obliterate him, remove all traces of his existence, his presence in the school.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier