Associations to the word «Obliterating»

Wiktionary

OBLITERATE, verb. To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy.

Dictionary definition

OBLITERATE, verb. Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech".
OBLITERATE, verb. Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat".
OBLITERATE, verb. Remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps".
OBLITERATE, verb. Do away with completely, without leaving a trace.
OBLITERATE, adjective. Reduced to nothingness.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.