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OBLITERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destruction by annihilating something
Synonyms:
annihilation; obliteration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("obliteration" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obliteration"):
atomisation; atomization (annihilation by reducing something to atoms)
pulverisation; pulverization (annihilation by pulverizing something)
vaporisation; vaporization (annihilation by vaporizing something)
Derivation:
obliterate (remove completely from recognition or memory)
obliterate (do away with completely, without leaving a trace)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The complete destruction of every trace of something
Synonyms:
eradication; obliteration
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("obliteration" is a kind of...):
demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
Derivation:
obliterate (remove completely from recognition or memory)
obliterate (do away with completely, without leaving a trace)
obliterate (mark for deletion, rub off, or erase)
