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uh-BLIT-uh-rayt/əˈblɪtəreɪt/

To obliterate is to destroy something completely, so that nothing remains: obliterate the night slice, obliterate a line. Destroy (already in the dictionary) is everyday; dropping a slice without a note is still a methods fail.

Meaning

To destroy something completely, so that nothing remains (from destroy, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “Do not obliterate the night slice from the n without a codebook note.”
• “Destroy is already in this course. Wipe is already in this course. Clarity is a slogan. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then drop the slice if the ethics minute still allows the cut.”

Good to know

Wipe out completely. Everyday: destroy (already in the dictionary). “Clarity” ≠ a codebook note.

Near in meaning

wipe out, erase, destroy

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