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obliterateobliterate /əˈblɪt̮əˌreɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYobliterateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of obliterare, from litera letter VERB TABLEobliterate |
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 |
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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] |