Definition of Obliterate

Obliterate

To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.

Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.

Related Definitions:

Antiquity, Any, Applied, As, Blot, By, Destroy, Distinct, Efface, Erase, Ideas, Imperceptible, Obliterate, Of, Or, Out, Remove, Render, Scarcely, The, To, Utterly, Wear, Writing

Obliterate Quotations

In Japan itself there have all along been attempts by some to obliterate the article about renunciation of war from the Constitution and for this purpose they have taken every opportunity to make use of pressures from abroad.
Kenzaburo Oe

Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.
Helen Dunmore

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.
Jacques Delors

Every step in the progress of this study has tended to obliterate the technical barriers by which logicians have sought to separate the inquiries relating to the several parts of man's nature.
Richard Owen

But it seemed to me that the American way of doing things was to obliterate a complete area, without really knowing exactly what was there and where they were.
Peter Scott

Goods move in response to price differences from points of low to points of higher price, the movement tending to obliterate the price difference and come to rest.
Frank Knight

Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika

More Obliterate Quotations

Obliterate Translations

obliterate in Dutch is uitwissen
obliterate in Italian is estingere
obliterate in Latin is eradico, effligo
obliterate in Spanish is extinguir

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.