"obliterated" meaning in English

See obliterated in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪtɪd/ [General-American], /oʊ-/ [General-American], [-ɾə-] [General-American], [-ɾɪd] [General-American] Audio: En-au-obliterated.ogg [Australia] Forms: more obliterated [comparative], most obliterated [superlative]
Etymology: From obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|past tense}} past tense, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{suffix|en|obliterate|ed|id2=adjectival|pos2=suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs}} obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs) Head templates: {{en-adj}} obliterated (comparative more obliterated, superlative most obliterated)
  1. Destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.
    Sense id: en-obliterated-en-adj-R7R6fRtw
  2. (figurative) Forgotten. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-obliterated-en-adj-2RUF71gh
  3. (slang) Very drunk or intoxicated; wasted. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Drinking Synonyms: drunk
    Sense id: en-obliterated-en-adj-r1li1Ez3 Disambiguation of Drinking: 14 13 43 31

Verb

IPA: /əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪtɪd/ [General-American], /oʊ-/ [General-American], [-ɾə-] [General-American], [-ɾɪd] [General-American] Audio: En-au-obliterated.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|past tense}} past tense, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{suffix|en|obliterate|ed|id2=adjectival|pos2=suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs}} obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} obliterated
  1. simple past and past participle of obliterate Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: obliterate
    Sense id: en-obliterated-en-verb-pl5isrMT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 3 80 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 7 4 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed (adjectival): 16 16 7 62

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.