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[ uh-blit-uh-rey-shuh n ]

/ əˌblɪt əˈreɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.

Pathology, Surgery. the removal of a part as a result of disease or surgery.

Origin of obliteration

1650–60; < Latin oblitterātiōn- (stem of oblitterātiō), equivalent to oblitterāt(us) (see obliterate) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM obliteration

ob·lit·er·a·tive

[uh-blit-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] /əˈblɪt əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv/, adjective

Words nearby obliteration

oblique-slip fault, obliquely, obliquity, obliterate, obliterating endarteritis, obliteration, obliterative bronchitis, oblivescence, oblivion, oblivious, oblong

Example sentences from the Web for obliteration

For the moment, passion for the vivid woman-creature before him had dulled that profounder feeling almost to obliteration.

The Clarion |Samuel Hopkins Adams
The word though, by the obliteration of three letters, may be as easily read as the or that.

Practical Education, Volume I |Maria Edgeworth
The obstacles which stand in the way of this obliteration, at the outset, are two.

Evolution |Frank B. Jevons
Of course, such a strenuous expansion means the obliteration of landmarks of the past.

Years of My Youth |William Dean Howells

If a continuity of shore-line once existed, it would involve the obliteration of the Isthmus.

A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) |David Starr Jordan