obliterate

Etymology
, + English. and are respectively the   s of  and, probably either:


 * from +  (further etymology unknown); or
 * from, influenced by . is the perfect passive participle of , from  + possibly ultimately from.


 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)
 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)

Verb

 * 1) To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
 * 2) To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
 * 3)  To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
 * 4)  To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
 * 5)  To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
 * 6) To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
 * 7)  Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
 * 1) To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
 * 2)  To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
 * 3)  To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
 * 4)  To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
 * 5) To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
 * 6)  Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
 * 1)  To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
 * 2)  To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
 * 3)  To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
 * 4) To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
 * 5)  Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
 * 1)  To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
 * 2)  To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
 * 3) To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
 * 4)  Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
 * 1)  To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
 * 2)  To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
 * 3) To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
 * 4)  Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
 * 1)  To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
 * 2) To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
 * 3)  Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
 * 1)  To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
 * 2) To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
 * 3)  Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
 * 1)  Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: عَفَا
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܟܦܪ
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: вынішчыць, вынішчаць, знішчыць, знішчаць
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:, , , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Danish:, udslette
 * Dutch: ecraseren,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , , , ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, הִכְחִיד
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: afmá
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 撃破する,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Latin: oblitterō,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: сотре
 * Maori: urupatu
 * Marathi: पुसणे
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: utslette, utrydde
 * Nynorsk: utslette, utsletta
 * Polish:, , , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зни́щувати, зни́щити
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ,


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:

Adjective

 * 1)  Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated.
 * 2)  Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.
 * 1)  Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.
 * 1)  Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.
 * 1)  Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.