obliterated
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/əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/
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/əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/ · /əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪtɪd/ · /oʊ-/ · [-ɾə-] · [-ɾɪd] · /əˈblɪtəˌɹæɪtɪd/
Definition of obliterated
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.
“[…] Huck’s confidence in the human race was wellnigh obliterated.”
“[A]s however the sutures between this epimeron and the adjoining pieces are very obliterated, it easily escapes observation even when really exposed.”
“Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."”
“Bearing in mind that the veins have more compressible walls than the arteries, it is intelligible how they are more obliterated than the former when an organ becomes dislocated.”
“Had he succeeded in awakening in 1966, he would no doubt have been fascinated to find the site of his obliterated house the subject of lively interest and debate as archaeologists and architects attempted a hypothetical reconstruction.”
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adj
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Destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.
“[…] Huck’s confidence in the human race was wellnigh obliterated.”
“[A]s however the sutures between this epimeron and the adjoining pieces are very obliterated, it easily escapes observation even when really exposed.”
“Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."”
“Bearing in mind that the veins have more compressible walls than the arteries, it is intelligible how they are more obliterated than the former when an organ becomes dislocated.”
“Had he succeeded in awakening in 1966, he would no doubt have been fascinated to find the site of his obliterated house the subject of lively interest and debate as archaeologists and architects attempted a hypothetical reconstruction.”
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(figuratively)Forgotten.
“This thought gave life to her diction, her soul flowed into it, and she soon found the task of recollecting almost obliterated impressions very interesting.”
“Her husband was obliterated, she was with her father again, who was so fresh and free and all daylight. Her husband, with his intensity and his darkness, was obliterated. She left him, she forgot him, she accepted her father.”
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(slang)Very drunk or intoxicated; wasted.
“The right of men to get obliterated and do stupid stuff—the fun men have getting obliterated and doing stupid stuff—is so culturally accepted that it's a cornerstone of best man speeches and bro comedies.”
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of obliterate
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Etymology
From obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).
Words you can make from obliterated
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6-letter words
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- ALBEDO 9 pts
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