to destroy all trace or indication of (something)
to make (something) illegible or imperceptible, e.g. by drawing a line through it
to cause (e.g. a blood vessel or other body part) to collapse or disappear
to cancel (a postage stamp)
obliteration /-ʹraysh(ə)n/ noun
obliterative /-tiv/ adj
obliterator noun
[Latin oblitteratus, past part. of oblitterare, from ob- + littera letter1]