[responsivevoice] obliterate [/responsivevoice] [ uh-blit-uh-reyt ]
The word of the day is ‘obliterate’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is obliterated.
It means:
1. Destroy
2. Wipe out
3. Finish
4. Conceal or cover
1. I should turn my ray upon you and obliterate you immediately.
2. He moved toward it very carefully, in order not to obliterate any footprints.
3. A thousand years have no power to obliterate the difference.
4. The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.
5. The special stamp should be placed on the left-hand side and not be used to obliterate the postage stamp
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
annihilate, black out, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate,knock out, obscure, ravage, smash, wash out, wipe out, bog, cancel, cover,cut, defeat, delete, efface, extirpate, finish, kill, level, liquidate, nix, off, scratch, scrub, sink, squash, torpedo, total, trash, waste, zap, blot out, blue pencil, do in, finish off, knock off, mark out, root out, rub off, rub out, shoot down, take apart, take out, wipe off face of earth, destroy, demolish, decimate, zap, remove all traces of, blank out, block out, strike out, cross out, ink out, score out etc.
add, aid, assist, bear, build, create, fix, help, revive, begin, construct, initiate, keep, leave alone, save, schedule, set up, start, establish
Quotation:
I am now certain that we have no alternative but to reduce urgently the levels of carbon that we are still pumping into the atmosphere as though tomorrow simply didn’t matter. If we don’t act collectively and individually, our children and their children will reap a whirlwind which will obliterate their civilisation.
Jonathan Dimbleby
Social Example:
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