"obliterate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈblɪtəɹət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈblɪtəɹət/ [General-American], /oʊ-/ [General-American], [-ɾə-] [General-American] Audio: En-us-obliterate.ogg [General-American] Forms: more obliterate [comparative], most obliterate [superlative]
Etymology: PIE word *h₁epi Learned borrowing from Latin obliterātus, oblitterātus (“having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten”) + English -ate (suffix meaning ‘to act in [the specified manner]’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’ forming adjectives). Obliterātus and oblitterātus are respectively the perfect passive participles of obliterō and oblitterō (“to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten”), probably either: * from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + littera (“letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting”) (further etymology unknown); or * from oblītus (“disregarded, neglected; forgotten”), influenced by littera. Oblītus is the perfect passive participle of oblinō (“to daub over, besmear”), from ob- + possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light; brief; swift”). cognates * Catalan obliterar (“to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)”) * Middle French oblitérer (modern French oblitérer (“to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused”)) * Portuguese obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”) * Spanish obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”) Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*h₁epi}} *h₁epi, {{PIE word|en|h₁epi}} PIE word *h₁epi, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁lengʷʰ-}}, {{lbor|en|la|obliterātus}} Learned borrowing from Latin obliterātus, {{m|la|oblitterātus|t=having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten}} oblitterātus (“having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{m|en|-ate|pos=suffix meaning ‘to act in 􂀿the specified manner􂁀’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by 􂀿the specified thing􂁀’ forming adjectives}} -ate (suffix meaning ‘to act in [the specified manner]’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’ forming adjectives), {{m|la||Obliterātus}} Obliterātus, {{m|la||oblitterātus}} oblitterātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|la|obliterō}} obliterō, {{m|la|oblitterō|t=to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten}} oblitterō (“to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten”), {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|la|ob-|pos=prefix meaning ‘against; towards’}} ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’), {{m|la|littera|t=letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting}} littera (“letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting”), {{m|la|oblītus|t=disregarded, neglected; forgotten}} oblītus (“disregarded, neglected; forgotten”), {{m|la|littera}} littera, {{m|la||Oblītus}} Oblītus, {{m|la|oblinō|t=to daub over, besmear}} oblinō (“to daub over, besmear”), {{m|la|ob-}} ob-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁lengʷʰ-|t=not heavy, light; brief; swift}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light; brief; swift”), {{cog|ca|obliterar|t=to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)}} Catalan obliterar (“to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)”), {{cog|frm|oblitérer}} Middle French oblitérer, {{cog|fr|oblitérer|t=to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused}} French oblitérer (“to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused”), {{cog|pt|obliterar|t=to destroy completely; to erase}} Portuguese obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”), {{cog|es|obliterar|t=to destroy completely; to erase}} Spanish obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} obliterate (comparative more obliterate, superlative most obliterate)
  1. (except poetic) Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-adj-QEP2UuQn
  2. (entomology, rare) Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct. Tags: obsolete, rare Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-adj-~0Z5CnOS Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: obliterateness [rare]

Verb

IPA: /əˈblɪtəɹeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪt/ [General-American], /oʊ-/ [General-American], [-ɾə-] [General-American] Forms: obliterates [present, singular, third-person], obliterating [participle, present], obliterated [participle, past], obliterated [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], obliterate [infinitive]
Etymology: PIE word *h₁epi Learned borrowing from Latin obliterātus, oblitterātus (“having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten”) + English -ate (suffix meaning ‘to act in [the specified manner]’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’ forming adjectives). Obliterātus and oblitterātus are respectively the perfect passive participles of obliterō and oblitterō (“to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten”), probably either: * from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + littera (“letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting”) (further etymology unknown); or * from oblītus (“disregarded, neglected; forgotten”), influenced by littera. Oblītus is the perfect passive participle of oblinō (“to daub over, besmear”), from ob- + possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light; brief; swift”). cognates * Catalan obliterar (“to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)”) * Middle French oblitérer (modern French oblitérer (“to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused”)) * Portuguese obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”) * Spanish obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”) Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*h₁epi}} *h₁epi, {{PIE word|en|h₁epi}} PIE word *h₁epi, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁lengʷʰ-}}, {{lbor|en|la|obliterātus}} Learned borrowing from Latin obliterātus, {{m|la|oblitterātus|t=having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten}} oblitterātus (“having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{m|en|-ate|pos=suffix meaning ‘to act in 􂀿the specified manner􂁀’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by 􂀿the specified thing􂁀’ forming adjectives}} -ate (suffix meaning ‘to act in [the specified manner]’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’ forming adjectives), {{m|la||Obliterātus}} Obliterātus, {{m|la||oblitterātus}} oblitterātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|la|obliterō}} obliterō, {{m|la|oblitterō|t=to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten}} oblitterō (“to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten”), {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|la|ob-|pos=prefix meaning ‘against; towards’}} ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’), {{m|la|littera|t=letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting}} littera (“letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting”), {{m|la|oblītus|t=disregarded, neglected; forgotten}} oblītus (“disregarded, neglected; forgotten”), {{m|la|littera}} littera, {{m|la||Oblītus}} Oblītus, {{m|la|oblinō|t=to daub over, besmear}} oblinō (“to daub over, besmear”), {{m|la|ob-}} ob-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁lengʷʰ-|t=not heavy, light; brief; swift}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light; brief; swift”), {{cog|ca|obliterar|t=to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)}} Catalan obliterar (“to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)”), {{cog|frm|oblitérer}} Middle French oblitérer, {{cog|fr|oblitérer|t=to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused}} French oblitérer (“to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused”), {{cog|pt|obliterar|t=to destroy completely; to erase}} Portuguese obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”), {{cog|es|obliterar|t=to destroy completely; to erase}} Spanish obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} obliterate (third-person singular simple present obliterates, present participle obliterating, simple past and past participle obliterated) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=obliterat}}
  1. (transitive)
    To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.     Tags: transitive Synonyms: bedash, do away with, eradicate, extirpate, raze, uproot, destroy Translations (to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace): عَفَا (ʕafā) (Arabic), ܟܦܪ [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), вынішчыць (vyniščycʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), вынішчаць (vyniščacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), знішчыць (zniščycʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), знішчаць (zniščacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), изличавам (izličavam) (Bulgarian), унищожавам (uništožavam) (Bulgarian), ни́щя (níštja) [dialectal, imperfective] (Bulgarian), anihilar (Catalan), aniquilar (Catalan), destrossar (Catalan), destruir (Catalan), esmicolar (Catalan), 滅 (Chinese Mandarin), 灭 (miè) (Chinese Mandarin), 衊 (Chinese Mandarin), 蔑 (miè) (Chinese Mandarin), 泯 (mǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 夷 (yí) (Chinese Mandarin), tilintetgøre (Danish), udslette (Danish), ecraseren (Dutch), (archaic)uitwissen (Dutch), hävittää (Finnish), tuhota (Finnish), annihiler (French), effacer (French), écraser (French), volatiliser (French), anéantir (French), pulvériser (French), auslöschen (German), verwischen (German), εξαφανίζω (exafanízo) (Greek), מָחָה (makha) [masculine] (Hebrew), הִכְחִיד (hikh-khid) [masculine] (Hebrew), eltöröl (Hungarian), kiirt (Hungarian), afmá (Icelandic), obliterare (Italian), annullare (Italian), spazzare (Italian), 撃破する (gekiha suru) (alt: げきはする) (Japanese), 滅 (metsu) (alt: めつ) (Japanese), 말살하다 (malsalhada) (Korean), 멸 (myeol) (alt: 滅) (Korean), 멸망하다 (myeolmanghada) (Korean), oblitterō (Latin), annihilō (Latin), сотре (sotre) (Macedonian), urupatu (Maori), पुसणे (pusṇe) (Marathi), utslette (Norwegian Bokmål), utrydde (Norwegian Bokmål), utslette (Norwegian Nynorsk), utsletta (Norwegian Nynorsk), wyniszczać [imperfective] (Polish), wyniszczyć [perfective] (Polish), zabijać [imperfective] (Polish), zabić [perfective] (Polish), wymazywać [imperfective] (Polish), wymazać [perfective] (Polish), obliterar (Portuguese), aniquilar (Portuguese), уничтожа́ть (uničtožátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уничто́жить (uničtóžitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), obliterar (Spanish), aniquilar (Spanish), arrasar (Spanish), borrar (Spanish), destruir (Spanish), remover (Spanish), utplåna (Swedish), அழி (aḻi) (Tamil), ล้าง (láang) (Thai), зни́щувати (znýščuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зни́щити (znýščyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), mạt sát [archaic] (Vietnamese), dileu (Welsh), difodi (Welsh) Translations (to destroy completely, leaving no trace): hävittää (Finnish), tuhota (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-verb-Mi~k8ONb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 18 6 5 18 5 17 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 6 17 5 5 17 5 17 21 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 5 17 6 5 16 6 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 6 5 18 6 7 15 7 15 20 Disambiguation of 'to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace': 59 2 5 5 1 22 6 Disambiguation of 'to destroy completely, leaving no trace': 46 2 5 6 2 30 8
  2. (transitive)
    To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.     Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-verb-M0Kj7iaU
  3. (transitive)
    (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.     Tags: also, figuratively, transitive Hyponyms: deface, paint out, mark out (english: of text), strike through (english: of text), delete
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-verb--ml5tguX
  4. (transitive)
    (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).     Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Biology, Pathology, Surgery Translations (to impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it): obliterar (Catalan), täyttää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-verb-7b36ak6X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 18 6 5 18 5 17 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 6 17 5 5 17 5 17 21 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 5 17 6 5 16 6 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 6 5 18 6 7 15 7 15 20 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'to impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it': 7 2 2 45 2 6 35
  5. (transitive)
    (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.     Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Philately
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-verb-e7L73OmT Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
  6. (intransitive)
    To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.     Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-verb-AaMqSu~m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 18 6 5 18 5 17 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 6 17 5 5 17 5 17 21 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 5 17 6 5 16 6 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 6 5 18 6 7 15 7 15 20
  7. (intransitive)
    (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.     Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Biology, Pathology Translations (of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction): täyttyä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-obliterate-en-verb-9mhsdyDy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 18 6 5 18 5 17 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 6 17 5 5 17 5 17 21 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 5 17 6 5 16 6 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 6 5 18 6 7 15 7 15 20 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction': 5 1 2 20 1 4 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: obliterable, obliterated [adjective], obliterating [adjective, noun], obliteratingly, obliterative, obliterator, obliterature [obsolete, rare], unobliterable, unobliterated Related terms: obliteration, obliviate, oblivion

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *h₁epi\nLearned borrowing from Latin obliterātus, oblitterātus (“having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten”) + English -ate (suffix meaning ‘to act in [the specified manner]’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’ forming adjectives). Obliterātus and oblitterātus are respectively the perfect passive participles of obliterō and oblitterō (“to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten”), probably either:\n* from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + littera (“letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting”) (further etymology unknown); or\n* from oblītus (“disregarded, neglected; forgotten”), influenced by littera. Oblītus is the perfect passive participle of oblinō (“to daub over, besmear”), from ob- + possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light; brief; swift”).\ncognates\n* Catalan obliterar (“to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)”)\n* Middle French oblitérer (modern French oblitérer (“to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused”))\n* Portuguese obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”)\n* Spanish obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”)",
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    }
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      "word": "obliteration"
    },
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "1911, E[rnest] A[lfred Thompson] Wallis Budge, “Appendix: Translations from the Pyramid Texts of Pepi I, Mer-en-Rā, and Pepi II”, in Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection […], London: Philip Lee Warner; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 363",
          "text": "The seal of Pepi is in the House of Rurutȧ. The god who obliterateth sin, Ȧṭer-ȧsfet, obliterateth the transgressions which belong to Pepi in the presence of Khenti-merti in Sekhem.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The Heroes of Soham …”, in Rail, number 948, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43",
          "text": "Soham's station had been completely obliterated (the replacement was to close in 1965 and is only now being reopened).",
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        }
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          "leaving",
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        ],
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          "trace",
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        ],
        [
          "annihilate",
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          "wipe out"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bedash"
        },
        {
          "word": "do away with"
        },
        {
          "word": "eradicate"
        },
        {
          "word": "extirpate"
        },
        {
          "word": "raze"
        },
        {
          "word": "uproot"
        },
        {
          "word": "destroy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕafā",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "عَفَا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "syc",
          "lang": "Aramaic",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Syriac"
          ],
          "word": "ܟܦܪ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vyniščycʹ",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вынішчыць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vyniščacʹ",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вынішчаць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zniščycʹ",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "знішчыць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zniščacʹ",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "знішчаць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izličavam",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "изличавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uništožavam",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "унищожавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "níštja",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ни́щя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "anihilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "aniquilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "destrossar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "destruir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "esmicolar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "滅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miè",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "灭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "衊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miè",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "蔑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mǐn",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "泯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yí",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "夷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "tilintetgøre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "udslette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "ecraseren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "(archaic)uitwissen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "hävittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "tuhota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "annihiler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "effacer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "écraser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "volatiliser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "anéantir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "pulvériser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "auslöschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "verwischen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "exafanízo",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "εξαφανίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "makha",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מָחָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hikh-khid",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "הִכְחִיד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "eltöröl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "kiirt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "afmá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "obliterare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "annullare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "spazzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "alt": "げきはする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gekiha suru",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "撃破する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "alt": "めつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "metsu",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "滅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "malsalhada",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "말살하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "alt": "滅",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "myeol",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "멸"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "myeolmanghada",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "멸망하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "oblitterō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "annihilō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sotre",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "сотре"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "urupatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "pusṇe",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "पुसणे"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "utslette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "utrydde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "utslette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "utsletta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyniszczać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyniszczyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zabijać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zabić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wymazywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wymazać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "obliterar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "aniquilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uničtožátʹ",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "уничтожа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uničtóžitʹ",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "уничто́жить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "obliterar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "aniquilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "arrasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "borrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "destruir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "remover"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "utplåna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "aḻi",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "அழி"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "láang",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "ล้าง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "znýščuvaty",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зни́щувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "znýščyty",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зни́щити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "mạt sát"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "dileu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 2 5 5 1 22 6",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "difodi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 2 5 6 2 30 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to destroy completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "hävittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 2 5 6 2 30 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to destroy completely, leaving no trace",
          "word": "tuhota"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "The rainclouds obliterated the sun as they swept across the sky.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1793 (date written), George Horne, “Discourse II. The Sinner Called.”, in Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, 4th edition, volume II, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] J. Cooke; and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T[homas] Cadell, and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], published 1793, →OCLC, page 33",
          "text": "When the ſhadows of the evening are ſtretched out, […] when the veil, that is caſt over the face of nature, obliterateth the variety of colours which owe their being to the light, and aboliſheth all the diſtinction of objects thence ariſing, introducing a joyleſs and uncomfortable uniformity, and rendering it impoſſible for any to \"go forth to their labour;\" […] then it is that deep ſleep falleth upon man.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure."
      ],
      "id": "en-obliterate-en-verb-M0Kj7iaU",
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "covering",
          "cover#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1636, Daniel Featley, “The Danger of Relapse. The LVI Sermon.”, in Clavis Mystica: A Key Opening Divers Difficult and Mysterious Texts of Holy Scripture; […], London: […] R[obert] Y[oung] for Nicolas Bourne, […], →OCLC, page 773",
          "text": "[A]s one foule blot or daſh vvith a pen defaceth a vvhole vvriting, ſo one foule and enormous crime daſheth and obliterateth the faireſt copy of a vertuous life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1836, Hyam Isaacs, “Remarks on the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Jews”, in Ceremonies, Customs, Rites, and Traditions of the Jews, […], 2nd edition, London: […] T. and C. Buck, […] [for] S. Holdworth, […], →OCLC, page 58",
          "text": "Blessed art thou, O Lord, universal King! who pardonest and forgivest our sins, and the sins of thy people Israel, and obliteratest our guilt year after year; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete."
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        {
          "word": "deface"
        },
        {
          "word": "paint out"
        },
        {
          "english": "of text",
          "word": "mark out"
        },
        {
          "english": "of text",
          "word": "strike through"
        },
        {
          "word": "delete"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-obliterate-en-verb--ml5tguX",
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        [
          "make",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "drawing",
          "drawing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "printed",
          "print#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "written",
          "write#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "indecipherable",
          "indecipherable"
        ],
        [
          "erasing",
          "erase#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "obscuring",
          "obscure#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "blot out",
          "blot out"
        ],
        [
          "efface",
          "efface"
        ],
        [
          "delete",
          "delete#Verb"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive)",
        "(also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete."
      ],
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        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pathology",
          "orig": "en:Pathology",
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            "Medicine",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
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            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 17 5 5 17 5 17 21",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 17 6 5 16 6 17 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English heteronyms",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 5 18 6 7 15 7 15 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ate",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1959 September, F. Ronald Edwards, “Vascular Compression of the Trachea and Oesophagus”, in N[orman] R[upert] Barrett, J[ohn] G[uyett] Scadding, editors, Thorax, volume XIV, number 3, London: British Medical Association, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 187, column 1",
          "text": "In the developing embryo the foregut is surrounded by a group of vascular structures of bilateral distribution connected with the branchial arches. Portions of these arches are obliterated to form the normally described aorta and great vessels. The ultimate persistence of only one main vascular arch, the left, as the aorta, permits the trachea and oesophagus to lie freely to its right side.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959 December, R. H. Elphinstone, R. G. Spector, “Sarcoma of the Pulmonary Artery”, in N[orman] R[upert] Barrett, J[ohn] G[uyett] Scadding, editors, Thorax, volume XIV, number 4, London: British Medical Association, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 335, column 1",
          "text": "The pleural sac was obliterated by firm fibrous adhesions over the right upper lobe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974 July, Ira W. DuBrow, Sheldon O. Burman, Decio O. Elias, Alois R. Hastreiter, Raymond J. Pietras, “Aortic Arch in the Neck”, in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, volume 68, number 1, [St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby?], →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, page 27, column 1",
          "text": "Compression of an aneurysm of the left carotid artery should obliterate only the pulses of the distribution of this artery, not those of the femoral arteries. If the mass is an aneurysm of the right common carotid artery, manual compression should obliterate the distribution of this vessel and, because of its location, may also obliterate the vessels of the right arm. However, femoral pulsations should be preserved.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue)."
      ],
      "id": "en-obliterate-en-verb-7b36ak6X",
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          "biology"
        ],
        [
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          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "impair",
          "impair#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "structure",
          "structure#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "ablating",
          "ablate"
        ],
        [
          "occluding",
          "occlude"
        ],
        [
          "filling it",
          "fill#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "pathology",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 2 2 45 2 6 35",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it",
          "word": "obliterar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 2 2 45 2 6 35",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it",
          "word": "täyttää"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Philately",
          "orig": "en:Philately",
          "parents": [
            "Hobbies",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused."
      ],
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        [
          "philately",
          "philately"
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        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "postage stamp",
          "postage stamp"
        ],
        [
          "postmark",
          "postmark#Noun"
        ],
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          "reuse#Verb"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
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      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "philately"
      ]
    },
    {
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace."
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        "(intransitive)",
        "To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "en",
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        },
        {
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        }
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        {
          "text": "distal pulses obliterate until perfusion is restored",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "pulse",
          "pulse#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cease",
          "cease"
        ],
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          "obstruction",
          "obstruction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 2 20 1 4 67",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction",
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        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/əˈblɪtəɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾə-]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "word": "obliteration"
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      "word": "obliviate"
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      "word": "oblivion"
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        {
          "ref": "1911, E[rnest] A[lfred Thompson] Wallis Budge, “Appendix: Translations from the Pyramid Texts of Pepi I, Mer-en-Rā, and Pepi II”, in Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection […], London: Philip Lee Warner; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 363",
          "text": "The seal of Pepi is in the House of Rurutȧ. The god who obliterateth sin, Ȧṭer-ȧsfet, obliterateth the transgressions which belong to Pepi in the presence of Khenti-merti in Sekhem.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The Heroes of Soham …”, in Rail, number 948, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43",
          "text": "Soham's station had been completely obliterated (the replacement was to close in 1965 and is only now being reopened).",
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          "completely",
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          "leaving",
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        ],
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          "trace",
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        ]
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        "(transitive)",
        "To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bedash"
        },
        {
          "word": "do away with"
        },
        {
          "word": "eradicate"
        },
        {
          "word": "extirpate"
        },
        {
          "word": "raze"
        },
        {
          "word": "uproot"
        },
        {
          "word": "destroy"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The rainclouds obliterated the sun as they swept across the sky.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1793 (date written), George Horne, “Discourse II. The Sinner Called.”, in Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, 4th edition, volume II, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] J. Cooke; and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T[homas] Cadell, and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], published 1793, →OCLC, page 33",
          "text": "When the ſhadows of the evening are ſtretched out, […] when the veil, that is caſt over the face of nature, obliterateth the variety of colours which owe their being to the light, and aboliſheth all the diſtinction of objects thence ariſing, introducing a joyleſs and uncomfortable uniformity, and rendering it impoſſible for any to \"go forth to their labour;\" […] then it is that deep ſleep falleth upon man.",
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          "ref": "1636, Daniel Featley, “The Danger of Relapse. The LVI Sermon.”, in Clavis Mystica: A Key Opening Divers Difficult and Mysterious Texts of Holy Scripture; […], London: […] R[obert] Y[oung] for Nicolas Bourne, […], →OCLC, page 773",
          "text": "[A]s one foule blot or daſh vvith a pen defaceth a vvhole vvriting, ſo one foule and enormous crime daſheth and obliterateth the faireſt copy of a vertuous life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1836, Hyam Isaacs, “Remarks on the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Jews”, in Ceremonies, Customs, Rites, and Traditions of the Jews, […], 2nd edition, London: […] T. and C. Buck, […] [for] S. Holdworth, […], →OCLC, page 58",
          "text": "Blessed art thou, O Lord, universal King! who pardonest and forgivest our sins, and the sins of thy people Israel, and obliteratest our guilt year after year; […]",
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        }
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          "word": "deface"
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          "word": "paint out"
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        [
          "indecipherable",
          "indecipherable"
        ],
        [
          "erasing",
          "erase#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "obscuring",
          "obscure#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "blot out",
          "blot out"
        ],
        [
          "efface",
          "efface"
        ],
        [
          "delete",
          "delete#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Biology",
        "en:Pathology",
        "en:Surgery"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1959 September, F. Ronald Edwards, “Vascular Compression of the Trachea and Oesophagus”, in N[orman] R[upert] Barrett, J[ohn] G[uyett] Scadding, editors, Thorax, volume XIV, number 3, London: British Medical Association, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 187, column 1",
          "text": "In the developing embryo the foregut is surrounded by a group of vascular structures of bilateral distribution connected with the branchial arches. Portions of these arches are obliterated to form the normally described aorta and great vessels. The ultimate persistence of only one main vascular arch, the left, as the aorta, permits the trachea and oesophagus to lie freely to its right side.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959 December, R. H. Elphinstone, R. G. Spector, “Sarcoma of the Pulmonary Artery”, in N[orman] R[upert] Barrett, J[ohn] G[uyett] Scadding, editors, Thorax, volume XIV, number 4, London: British Medical Association, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 335, column 1",
          "text": "The pleural sac was obliterated by firm fibrous adhesions over the right upper lobe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974 July, Ira W. DuBrow, Sheldon O. Burman, Decio O. Elias, Alois R. Hastreiter, Raymond J. Pietras, “Aortic Arch in the Neck”, in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, volume 68, number 1, [St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby?], →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, page 27, column 1",
          "text": "Compression of an aneurysm of the left carotid artery should obliterate only the pulses of the distribution of this artery, not those of the femoral arteries. If the mass is an aneurysm of the right common carotid artery, manual compression should obliterate the distribution of this vessel and, because of its location, may also obliterate the vessels of the right arm. However, femoral pulsations should be preserved.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "impair",
          "impair#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "structure",
          "structure#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "ablating",
          "ablate"
        ],
        [
          "occluding",
          "occlude"
        ],
        [
          "filling it",
          "fill#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "pathology",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Philately"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philately",
          "philately"
        ],
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "postage stamp",
          "postage stamp"
        ],
        [
          "postmark",
          "postmark#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "reused",
          "reuse#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "philately"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Biology",
        "en:Pathology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "distal pulses obliterate until perfusion is restored",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "perfusion",
          "perfusion"
        ],
        [
          "pulse",
          "pulse#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cease",
          "cease"
        ],
        [
          "obstruction",
          "obstruction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈblɪtəɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾə-]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕafā",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "عَفَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܟܦܪ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vyniščycʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вынішчыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vyniščacʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вынішчаць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zniščycʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "знішчыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zniščacʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "знішчаць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izličavam",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "изличавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uništožavam",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "унищожавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "níštja",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ни́щя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "anihilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "aniquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "destrossar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "destruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "esmicolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "滅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miè",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "灭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "衊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miè",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "蔑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǐn",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "泯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yí",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "夷"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "tilintetgøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "udslette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "ecraseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "(archaic)uitwissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "hävittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "tuhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "annihiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "effacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "écraser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "volatiliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "anéantir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "pulvériser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "auslöschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "verwischen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exafanízo",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "εξαφανίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makha",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מָחָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hikh-khid",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הִכְחִיד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "eltöröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "kiirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "afmá"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "obliterare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "annullare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "spazzare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げきはする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gekiha suru",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "撃破する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "metsu",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "滅"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "malsalhada",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "말살하다"
    },
    {
      "alt": "滅",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeol",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "멸"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeolmanghada",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "멸망하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "oblitterō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "annihilō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sotre",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "сотре"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "urupatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pusṇe",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "पुसणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "utslette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "utrydde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "utslette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "utsletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyniszczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyniszczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zabijać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zabić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wymazywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wymazać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "obliterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "aniquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtožátʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уничтожа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtóžitʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уничто́жить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "obliterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "aniquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "arrasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "borrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "destruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "remover"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "utplåna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aḻi",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "அழி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "láang",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "ล้าง"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znýščuvaty",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зни́щувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znýščyty",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зни́щити"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "mạt sát"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "dileu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "difodi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it",
      "word": "obliterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it",
      "word": "täyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to destroy completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "hävittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to destroy completely, leaving no trace",
      "word": "tuhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction",
      "word": "täyttyä"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obliterate"
}

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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lengʷʰ-",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁epi",
    "English terms suffixed with -ate",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "obliterateness"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin obliterātus",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
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      "args": {
        "1": "verb"
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      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "-ate (suffix meaning ‘to act in [the specified manner]’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’ forming adjectives)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "Obliterātus"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "perfect"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "passive"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "participle"
      },
      "expansion": "participle",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "obliterō"
      },
      "expansion": "obliterō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "oblitterō",
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      },
      "expansion": "oblitterō (“to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "prefix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "littera",
        "t": "letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting"
      },
      "expansion": "littera (“letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "oblītus",
        "t": "disregarded, neglected; forgotten"
      },
      "expansion": "oblītus (“disregarded, neglected; forgotten”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "littera"
      },
      "expansion": "littera",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "oblinō",
        "t": "to daub over, besmear"
      },
      "expansion": "oblinō (“to daub over, besmear”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ob-"
      },
      "expansion": "ob-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁lengʷʰ-",
        "t": "not heavy, light; brief; swift"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light; brief; swift”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "obliterar",
        "t": "to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan obliterar (“to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "oblitérer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French oblitérer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "oblitérer",
        "t": "to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused"
      },
      "expansion": "French oblitérer (“to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "obliterar",
        "t": "to destroy completely; to erase"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "obliterar",
        "t": "to destroy completely; to erase"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *h₁epi\nLearned borrowing from Latin obliterātus, oblitterātus (“having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten”) + English -ate (suffix meaning ‘to act in [the specified manner]’ forming verbs, and ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’ forming adjectives). Obliterātus and oblitterātus are respectively the perfect passive participles of obliterō and oblitterō (“to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten”), probably either:\n* from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + littera (“letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting”) (further etymology unknown); or\n* from oblītus (“disregarded, neglected; forgotten”), influenced by littera. Oblītus is the perfect passive participle of oblinō (“to daub over, besmear”), from ob- + possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light; brief; swift”).\ncognates\n* Catalan obliterar (“to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)”)\n* Middle French oblitérer (modern French oblitérer (“to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused”))\n* Portuguese obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”)\n* Spanish obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more obliterate",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most obliterate",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "obliterate (comparative more obliterate, superlative most obliterate)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ob‧lit‧er‧ate"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "Completely",
          "completely"
        ],
        [
          "destroyed",
          "destroyed#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "erased",
          "erased#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "efface",
          "efface"
        ],
        [
          "obliterated",
          "obliterated#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "except poetic",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(except poetic) Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "en:Entomology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "markings",
          "marking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "distinguish",
          "distinguish"
        ],
        [
          "background",
          "background#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "faint",
          "faint#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "indistinct",
          "indistinct"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(entomology, rare) Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈblɪtəɹət/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈblɪtəɹət/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾə-]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-obliterate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/En-us-obliterate.ogg/En-us-obliterate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/En-us-obliterate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obliterate"
}

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