- past participle of obliterate.
- past tense form of obliterate.
obliterated
Example Sentences
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Morishita was born in Hiroshima in 1948, three years after the city was obliterated by an atomic bomb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"There's different models that schools will use to try and make sure that young people are not having parts of the curriculum obliterated because you don't have those staff - but sometimes it's really difficult."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, was obliterated Sunday in Beijing by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
"The jet was completely obliterated, and further searches are ongoing."
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
“The result would have been that we would have obliterated London but still would not have conquered the world,” said Karl Wirtz.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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