obliterate (obliterat)

t.; pret. and pp. ob lite rated, ppr. obliterating. [ It. obliterare = Sp. obliterar = Pg. oblitterar = F. oblitérer ), erase, blot out (a writing), blot out of remembrance (cf. oblinere, pp. oblitus, erase, blot out), Bacon , Advancement of Learning, i. 69. With poinant and sower Invectives, I say, I will deface, wipe out, and obliterate his fair Reputation, even as a Record with the Juice of Lemons. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, iii. 1. The handwriting of the Divinity in the soul, though seemingly obliterated , has come out with awful distinctne in the solemn seasons of life. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 10. Obliterated ve el or duct, in pathol . , a ve el or duct whose walls have contracted such an adhesion to each other that the cavity has completely disappeared. Syn. Erase , Expunge , etc. (see efface ), rub out, rub off, wipe out, re move.