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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -obliterat-, *obliterat*
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WordNet (3.0)
obliterate(v) remove completely from recognition or memory, Syn. efface, Example: efface the memory of the time in the camps
obliterate(v) do away with completely, without leaving a trace
obliterator(n) an eliminator that does away with all traces

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Obliterate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Obliterated p. pr. & vb. n. Obliterating. ] [ L. obliteratus, p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see Ob-) + litera, littera, letter. See Letter. ] 1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as, to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

Obliterate

a. (Zool.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

obliterated

adj. 1. destroyed so thoroughly as to be unrecognizable or imperceptible.
Syn. -- wiped out, obliterate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. made illegible or imperceptible by erasing or abrading away; -- of writing or surface designs on objects.
Syn. -- blotted out, obliterated. [ PJC ]

obliterating

adj. making undecipherable or imperceptible; as, obliterating mists.
Syn. -- obscurant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Obliteration

n. [ L. obliteratio: cf. F. oblitération. ] The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction. Sir. M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Obliterative

a. Tending or serving to obliterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

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