as in eradicating
to destroy all traces of
in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring
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Recent Examples of obliterating
Shane immediately reciprocated it with lightning-fast urgency, obliterating one of the last barriers between them.
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
Minutes later, a violent explosion erupted, obliterating multiple homes and injuring six people, sending three to the hospital.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
Many see a change to higher density as necessary to make the city vibrant and affordable, while others view density as obliterating the essence of Lakewood, that is, open space and trees — what people moved to Lakewood for.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Dowdle has 473 total yards over the past two games, obliterating another record previously held by McCaffrey.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Together, the fill-in bosses turned an early one-score deficit into a 38-0 surge before obliterating Michigan State 38-13 on Saturday.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The sentiment is relatable; desire is often a catastrophic force, obliterating our best intentions for ourselves.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Eventually, the ground will subside, leaving behind a crater about 1,000 feet deep and nearly 2 miles across, obliterating Oak Flat and its religious and environmental significance.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
After a two-hour rain delay, the game was called, obliterating it from the record books.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterating
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Global health officials are aiming to replicate the success of eradicating smallpox, which in 1980 became the first disease to be eliminated through human efforts.—
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These materials conform precisely to the shape of your unique foot, eradicating extra space in your boots.—
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
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But the stock plummeted in the fourth quarter, more than erasing those earlier gains, as Wall Street became more skeptical of the company's ability to repay debts while delivering on AI.—
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Trump has urged Republicans to have a simple majority to approve legislation, whether through reconciliation or by abolishing the Senate filibuster.—
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In the ancient Mauryan Empire in India, Ashoka may also have temporarily reduced slavery by abolishing slave trading, but this change too was not permanent.—
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By the 1960s, gas flares and untreated waste spillage were destroying their forests.—
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And there is a risk of the parasites becoming dormant for years before reactivating and destroying a new cornea.—
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“Obliterating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterating. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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