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obliterated

Syllables: ob·lit·er·at·edUK/əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/US/əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪtɪd/

obliterated adjective: destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair. Also the simple past and past participle of obliterate.

Adjective

obliterated (comparative more obliterated, superlative most obliterated)

  1. Destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.
    • […] Huck’s confidence in the human race was wellnigh obliterated.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXIV, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC
    • [A]s however the sutures between this epimeron and the adjoining pieces are very obliterated, it easily escapes observation even when really exposed.1882, David Sharp, On Aquatic Carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae, page 940
  2. (figuratively) Forgotten.
    • This thought gave life to her diction, her soul flowed into it, and she soon found the task of recollecting almost obliterated impressions very interesting.1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […]...
    • Her husband was obliterated, she was with her father again, who was so fresh and free and all daylight. Her husband, with his intensity and his darkness, was obliterated. She left him, she forgot him, she accepted her father.1915 September 30, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Anna Victrix”, in The Rainbow, New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1915, →OCLC, page 158
  3. (slang) Very drunk or intoxicated; wasted.
    • The right of men to get obliterated and do stupid stuff—the fun men have getting obliterated and doing stupid stuff—is so culturally accepted that it's a cornerstone of best man speeches and bro comedies.2017, Jill Filipovic, The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness, Hachette, →ISBN

Also used as

obliterated is also the simple past and past participle of obliterate.

Examples of obliterated in a sentence

  • Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Silverside”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 316:
  • Bearing in mind that the veins have more compressible walls than the arteries, it is intelligible how they are more obliterated than the former when an organ becomes dislocated.1912, Interstate Medical Journal, page 249:
  • A vindictive little kitten who is still angry about an obliterated car, more like.2012, Molly Harper, Driving Mr. Dead, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

Synonyms of obliterated

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Forms of obliterated

comparativemore obliterated
superlativemost obliterated

Origin of obliterated

From obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).

Words formed from obliterated

Questions about obliterated

What does obliterated mean?
Obliterated means destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.
How do you use obliterated in a sentence?
Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there.
What part of speech is obliterated?
Obliterated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce obliterated?
Obliterated is pronounced /əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/ (UK).

Words near obliterated in the dictionary

  1. obliquus oculi inferior
  2. obliquus oculi inferiors
  3. obliterable
  4. obliterans
  5. obliterate
  6. obliterated
  7. obliterates
  8. obliteratest
  9. obliterateth
  10. obliterating
  11. obliteratingly

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