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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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The New York Knicks snapped their four-game losing streak with a record-breaking 120-66 obliteration of the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, the most lopsided victory in franchise history.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 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

Their precarity or obliteration means something else, something we need to pay attention to.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2024

Reston was once a country town, and its rural past still fights obliteration, like a nail that won’t stay hammered down.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.