Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obliterate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of
obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera,
letter. See {Letter}.]
1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable,
as a writing.
2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to
render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to
obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obliterate
adj : reduced to nothingness [syn: {blotted out}, {obliterated}]
v 1: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase, as of writings; "kill
these lines in the President's speech" [syn: {kill}, {wipe
out}]
2: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or
concealing [syn: {obscure}, {blot out}, {hide}]
3: remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the
memory of the time in the camps" [syn: {wipe out}, {efface}]
4: do away with completely, without leaving a trace
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