obliterate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - verb

1. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (Freq. 1)
- a hidden message
- a veiled threat
• Syn:
obscure, blot out, veil, hide
• Derivationally related forms:
hiding (for: hide), obliterable
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
mystify
• Verb Group:
efface
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. remove completely from recognition or memory (Freq. 1)
- efface the memory of the time in the camps
• Syn:
efface
• Derivationally related forms:
obliteration
• Hypernyms:
blur, dim, slur
• Verb Group:
obscure, blot out, veil, hide
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (Freq. 1)
- kill these lines in the President's speech
• Syn:
kill, wipe out
• Derivationally related forms:
wipeout (for: wipe out), obliterable, obliteration
• Hypernyms:
take away, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. do away with completely, without leaving a trace
• Derivationally related forms:
obliterable, obliteration, obliterator
• Hypernyms:
extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

II - adjective

reduced to nothingness
• Syn:
blotted out, obliterated
• Similar to:
destroyed

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  blotted out, obliterated, efface, obscure, blot out, veil, hide, kill, wipe out