英语词汇“obliterate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

obliterateobliterate /əˈblɪt̮əˌreɪt/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYobliterate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of obliterare, from litera letter

VERB TABLE

obliterate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	obliterate
	he, she, it	obliterates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	obliterated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have obliterated
	he, she, it	has obliterated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had obliterated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will obliterate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have obliterated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am obliterating
	he, she, it	is obliterating
	you, we, they	are obliterating
Past	I, he, she, it	was obliterating
	you, we, they	were obliterating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been obliterating
	he, she, it	has been obliterating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been obliterating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be obliterating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been obliterating

1to destroy something so completely that almost nothing remains: Large areas of the city were obliterated during World War II.2to cover something completely so that it cannot be seen: The fog came down, obliterating everything.3to remove a thought, feeling, or memory from someone’s mind: Nothing could obliterate the memory of those tragic events. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of obliterare, from litera letter]—obliteration /əˌblɪt̮əˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]