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

obliterate \oblit"erate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. obliterated;
   p. pr.  vb. n. obliterating. l. obliteratus, p. p. of
   obliterare to obliterate; ob see ob- + litera, littera,
   letter. see letter.
   1. to erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable,
      as a writing.
      1913 webster

   2. to wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to
      render imperceptible; as, to obliterate ideas; to
      obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
      1913 webster

            the harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
            experience are slowly obliterated.    --w. black.
      1913 webster
see also:
obliterated obliterating ob- letter 

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

obliterate \oblit"erate\, a. zool.
   scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

obliterate
     adj : reduced to nothingness syn: blotted out, obliterated
     v 1: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in
          the president's speech" syn: kill, wipe out
     2: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or
        concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" syn: obscure,
         blot out, veil, hide
     3: remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the
        memory of the time in the camps" syn: efface
     4: do away with completely, without leaving a trace
see also:
blotted out obliterated kill wipe out obscure blot out 
veil hide efface 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "obliterate":
   absolve, annihilate, black out, blot, blot out, cancel,
   consign to oblivion, cross out, declare a moratorium, dele, delete,
   destroy, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate,
   extirpate, forgive, kill, nullify, raze, rub out, rule out,
   scratch, scratch out, sponge, sponge out, strike off, strike out,
   wipe out, write off

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