Obliteration

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of obliterating or effacing; a blotting out or wearing out; effacement; extinction.
  • noun. In entomology, the state of being obliterate; also, an obliterated part of a suture, margin, etc.
  • noun. In pathology, the closure of a canal or cavity of the body by adhesion of its walls.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.
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  • noun. The total destruction of something
  • noun. The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something
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  • noun. destruction by annihilating something
  • noun. the complete destruction of every trace of something
    • Word Usage
    "Use more explosives than shown in the examples on large animals like moose, especially if total obliteration is desired."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    demolition  destruction  wipeout  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amalgamation  amnesia  annihilation  bafflement  deafness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Lethe  absentmindedness  blot  blotting  blotting out  
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