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Synonyms of obliterate

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Another word for obliterate is eliminate. Other synonyms of obliterate are ruin, harry, erase, subvert and disperse.

Synonyms and similar words for obliterate

verbTo destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.

  • bedashTo ruin or obliterate.
  • do away with
  • eradicateTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
  • extirpateTo destroy completely; to annihilate.
  • razeTo completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from...
  • uprootTo destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
  • destroy
  • annihilate
  • aerosolize
  • atomize
  • bewreckTo wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
  • blot outTo make indecipherable; to obliterate.
  • blotto
  • dashTo ruin; to destroy.
  • decompose
  • demolish
  • desolateTo devastate or lay waste somewhere.
  • devastate
  • diffuse
  • disintegrate
  • disperseTo break up and disappear; to dissipate.
  • dissolve
  • eliminateTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
  • eraseTo obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
  • exterminate
  • extinguishTo put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
  • fuck vulgarTo break, to destroy.
  • harryTo strip, lay waste, ravage.
  • jazz
  • lay wasteTo completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
  • level
  • liquidateTo kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder...
  • nukeTo destroy or erase completely.
  • overturn
  • pull down
  • pulverizeAmerican and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
  • ravageTo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
  • remove
  • ruinTo destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
  • ruinate
  • stamp out
  • total
  • subvertTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
  • unbreed figuratively
  • unexist
  • unmakeTo destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
  • waste
  • wipe outTo destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
  • wipe off
  • wreck
  • benothing obsolete, rareTo reduce to nothing; annihilate.
  • fordo obsolete
  • overthrow rare
  • race obsoleteTo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
  • ravel obsoleteTo destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.

Meaning of obliterate

  1. verb To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
  2. verb To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
  3. verb 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.

Full definition of obliterate

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Questions about synonyms of obliterate

What is another word for obliterate?
Obliterate has 55 synonyms on Word.ws, such as eliminate, ruin, harry, erase, subvert, disperse, eradicate and desolate.
What does obliterate mean?
Obliterate means to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.

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