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obliterating
(encz) | obliterating, |
Obliterating
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
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obliterating
(gcide) | obliterating \obliterating\ adj.
making undecipherable or imperceptible; as, obliterating
mists.
Syn: obscurant.
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Obliterating
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
[1913 Webster]obliterating \obliterating\ adj.
making undecipherable or imperceptible; as, obliterating
mists.
Syn: obscurant.
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