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- pronunciation:
blI
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reIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
obliterates, obliterating, obliterated |
| definition 1: |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing.
Harsh weather had obliterated the statue's features.- synonyms:
- erase, expunge
- similar words:
- blank, deface, delete, efface, rub out, wipe out
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| definition 2: |
to destroy entirely.
The bomb nearly obliterated the city.- synonyms:
- annihilate, eradicate, wipe out
- antonyms:
- create, perpetuate
- similar words:
- abolish, blot out, demolish, destroy, devastate, efface, end, exterminate, extirpate, level, ravage, raze, ruin, snuff out, wreck
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| related words: |
abrogate, blot, blot out, consume, cross, eliminate, erase, liquidate, massacre, remove, stamp |
adverb + (v.)obliterate
but, completely, heavily, inevitably, largely, nearly, physically, systematically, thereby, totally, virtually, wholly
(v.)obliterate
+ adverb
altogether, entirely, forever
(v.)obliterate
+ noun
barrier,
blast,
bombing,
boundary,
cloud,
consciousness,
crew,
distinction,
earthquake,
enemy,
explosion,
feature,
flavor,
footprint,
guilt,
habitat,
identity,
instant,
landscape,
memory,
mile,
moon,
myth,
notion,
path,
self,
sinus,
smoke,
snow,
soul,
stroke,
sunrise,
target,
tie,
trace,
trail,
view,
village
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| derivation: |
obliteration (n.) |
The word obliterate
contains the following parts:
ob-
Latin
prefix
that means towards; against; away
  More about this word part:
The prefix ob-
is a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as object
. It has multiple forms, as the 'b' sound in ob-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms oc-, of-, op-, and o-.
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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