Obliterating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of
     obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera,
     letter. See {Letter}.]
     1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable,
        as a writing.


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     2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to
        render imperceptible; as, to obliterate ideas; to
        obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
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              The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
              experience are slowly obliterated.    --W. Black.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  obliterating \obliterating\ adj.
     making undecipherable or imperceptible; as, obliterating
     mists.
  
     Syn: obscurant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obliterating
       adj : making undecipherable or imperceptible; "obliterating
             mists"; "an obscurant bank of clouds" [syn: {obscurant}]