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

Example Sentences

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"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

From obliteration to a viable threat in months.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

These newcomers, however, have no stake in the comradely game’s continuation, and are in fact dedicated to its obliteration: They want to take the game’s money away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

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

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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