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Synonyms for obliterate
əˈblɪt əˌreɪtoblit·er·ate

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  1. obliterate

    Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

    Synonyms:
    abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

    Antonyms:
    authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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  1. blotted out, obliterate, obliteratedverb

    reduced to nothingness

    Synonyms:
    blotted out, obliterated

    Antonyms:
    preserved

  2. kill, obliterate, wipe outverb

    mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

    "kill these lines in the President's speech"

    Synonyms:
    veil, eat up, vote down, exhaust, eat, blot out, eliminate, belt down, use up, drink down, defeat, decimate, shoot down, obscure, kill, run through, toss off, cancel out, stamp out, hide, bolt down, annihilate, wipe out, down, efface, pop, erase, extinguish, pour down, sweep away, consume, vote out, carry off, deplete, eradicate

    Antonyms:
    preserved

  3. obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hideverb

    make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

    "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

    Synonyms:
    shroud, veil, mist, wipe out, confuse, blot out, enshroud, overcloud, kill, becloud, fog, blur, conceal, haze over, befog, obnubilate, cover, obscure, hide out, efface, bedim, hide, cloud

    Antonyms:
    preserved

  4. obliterate, effaceverb

    remove completely from recognition or memory

    "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

    Synonyms:
    efface, rub out, score out, wipe off, hide, kill, wipe out, erase, obscure, veil, blot out

    Antonyms:
    preserved

  5. obliterateverb

    do away with completely, without leaving a trace

    Synonyms:
    veil, obscure, blot out, kill, hide, efface, wipe out

    Antonyms:
    preserved

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  1. obliterateverb

    Synonyms:
    efface, erase, expunge, cancel, rub out, rub off, blot out, scratch out, wipe out, strike out

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  1. obliterateverb

    Synonyms:
    efface, erase, blot out, remove, destroy, expunge

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "obliterate":

    annihilate, destroy, erase

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How to use obliterate in a sentence?

  1. Jonathan Friedman:

    It is deeply disturbing to see a group of students engaged in this kind of conduct, this symbolic gesture aimed not just to reject or refute ideas but to obliterate the very paper on which they were written... It behooves the university to educate its students about why book burning is so inimical to open discourse and free expression.

  2. George Orwell:

    The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

  3. Donald Trump:

    This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects or different civilizations, this is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it.

  4. Joan Didion:

    Grief is different. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life.

  5. Nicholas Alahverdian:

    We have seen a lack of stability over 30 years and four governors, said Nicholas Alahverdian. We have seen a lack of care. And now — in an election year — we have seen a complete and utter lack of bureaucratic mastery to obliterate the red tape and provide tangible, enduring solutions to children and adolescents in state care.


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