Obliteration

Definitions

1. The total destruction of something.
   countable, uncountable
2. The concealing or covering of something.
   countable, uncountable
3. The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.
   countable, uncountable
4. The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

12 more languages

العربيةالمحومحاق

Catalàobliteració

Češtinazničení

Suomihävittäminentuhoaminen

日本語撃破滅殺

Latinaobliteratio

Македонскиуништување

Polskizniszczenie

Portuguêsobliteração

Русскийуничтоже́ние

Svenskautplåning

Українськазни́щення

Examples

“This illustration depicts exoplanet Kepler-1658b (left), doomed to eventual obliteration by its aging host⟳ star.”

“Stark before-and-after images reveal⟳ the obliteration of Bakhmut [title]”

““Everyone knows what happens when you drop 14 30,000-pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration.””

“Winter, in coming to the country hereabout, advanced in well-marked stages, wherein might have⟳ been successively observed the retreat of the snakes, the transformation of the ferns, the filling of the pools, a rising of fogs, the embrowning by frost, the collapse of the fungi, and an obliteration by snow⟳.”

“Whitman did censor himself often enough, changing pronouns in some passages, excising others, learning, in short, the "strategies of concealment" forced on him by the nineteenth century. None of these obliterations, however, can excuse⟳ the endeavors of literary critics, who have⟳ tried to deny⟳ the importance of "sexuality" in the poetry by focusing on its "mystical" or its "universal" aspects.”

“Because he refused to protect⟳ his brother's name⟳ from obliteration, he acquires a derogatory nickname.”

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