obliteration

[ uh-blit-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
2. Pathology, Surgery. the removal of a part as a result of disease or surgery.

Other Words From

• ob·lit·er·a·tive [uh, -, blit, -, uh, -rey-tiv, -er-, uh, -tiv], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of obliteration¹

1650–60; < Latin oblitterātiōn- (stem of oblitterātiō ), equivalent to oblitterāt ( us ) ( obliterate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

That's a death march toward obliteration.

From Salon

That’s powerless shrug-emoji narrative is not merely the signpost pointing into the abyss, which is pretty much where the party is already, but a death march toward obliteration and irrelevance.

From Salon

The problem is that Ronan is also forging her compelling warts-and-all portrait of obliteration and recovery in another type of gale storm, that of undisciplined filmmaking at odds with the patient harvesting of characterization.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1985, Hezbollah officially announced its establishment by publishing an "open letter" that identified the US and the Soviet Union as Islam's principal enemies and called for the "obliteration" of Israel, which it said was occupying Muslim lands.

From BBC

There would be the obliteration of racquets.

From BBC