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obliterate

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Verb

  1. To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
  2. To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
  3. To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
  4. To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
  5. To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
  6. To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
  7. Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.

Adjective

  1. Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated.
  2. Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.

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