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Word: Obliterate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin obliterat- ‘struck out, erased’, from the verb obliterare, based on littera ‘letter, something written’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈblɪtəreɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
destroy utterly; wipe out
Short Definition:destroy utterly
Examples:- the memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind
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