What is another word for obliterated?
Pronunciation:
[ əblˈɪtəɹˌe͡ɪtɪd], [ əblˈɪtəɹˌeɪtɪd], [ ə_b_l_ˈɪ_t_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_d]
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Similar words for obliterated:
- destroyed (adjective)
- eliminated (adjective)
- forgotten (adjective)
- invisible (adjective)
- lost (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- annulled (verb)
- forgot (verb)
- obliterated (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Obliterated:
adj.
• destroyed (adjective) • eliminated (adjective) • forgotten (adjective)- left out,
- drew a blank,
- unrecalled,
- past recollection,
- left behind,
- gone,
- blown over,
- clean forgot,
- consigned to oblivion,
- fell between the cracks,
- blanked out,
- unremembered,
- slipped one's mind,
- extinct,
- irrecoverable.
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• annulled (verb)- extinguished,
- Deleted,
- withdrawn,
- Disclaimed,
- retracted,
- Denied,
- Vetoed,
- Eliminated,
- negated,
- dismissed,
- invalidated,
- Withdrew,
- rejected,
- Annulled,
- Canceled,
- Disavowed,
- undone,
- Undid,
- neutralized,
- repudiated,
- nullified,
- divorced,
- dissolved,
- Eradicated,
- Abnegated,
- disaffirmed,
- Abolished,
- Refuted,
- Effaced,
- Revoked.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- convert,
- unwritten,
- fogged,
- extinguish,
- dispel,
- affect,
- Rubbed,
- rid,
- confused,
- blurred,
- amend,
- Wiped,
- turn,
- transform,
- quenched,
- Purged,
- cleared,
- Doused,
- suppressed,
- Blotted,
- clouded,
- Extirpated,
- defeated,
- take,
- razed,
- Beclouded,
- Rased,
- slurred,
- delete,
- exhausted,
- annihilate,
- cancelled,
- scrubbed,
- Printless,
- depleted,
- castrate,
- unregistered,
- out of print,
- consumed,
- vanished,
- defaced,
- bedimmed,
- Obscured,
- move,
- benighted,
- covered,
- downed,
- eliminate,
- concealed,
- ruined,
- adjust,
- intestate,
- abolish,
- cancel,
- smeared,
- alter,
- adapt,
- Misted,
- exterminated,
- turned,
- leaving no trace,
- Decimated,
- Shrouded,
- enshrouded,
- demolished,
- eradicate,
- unrecorded,
- vary,
- crushed.
How to use "Obliterated" in context?
When I was young and less informed, I thought obliteration meant getting rid of something completely. I had no concept of its other meaning- that something is so thoroughly destroyed that there is nothing left. Strangely enough, this definition is more accurate than the original one. Owing to progress, technology, and bombs, objects and places are now routinely obliterated. Gone are the days when an obliterated building was one that had been collapsed bywind or heavily damagedby fire. Today, obliteration typically means the complete destruction of an object, whether by fire,destroyer, or even hands.
Paraphrases for Obliterated:
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Equivalence
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Verb, past participle
destroyed.
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Verb, past participle
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Independent
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Verb, past participle
annihilated, blighted, blown, broken, cancelled, cleaned, cleared, conquered, crushed, dashed, defeated, demolished, devastated, discarded, discontinued, dismantled, dismissed, dispensed, disposed, disqualified, dropped, exterminated, faded, gone, lifted, misplaced, nullified, pulverized, razed, released, removed, reversed, ruined, severed, shattered, silenced, smashed, stifled, suppressed, terminated, torn, undone, vanished, Abolished, Abrogated, Canceled, Decimated, Deleted, Denied, Effaced, Eliminated, Eradicated, Erased, Excreted, Expunged, Forgiven, Levelled, Liquidated, Remedied, Revoked, Screened, Slaughtered, Waived, Culled, Postmarked, Purged, scrapped, cancellable, dequeued.
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Other Related
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Verb, past participle
Wiped.
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Verb, past participle
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