obliterate
Wipe from existence
To obliterate is to destroy so completely that nothing remains, or to remove all traces of something: The bombing obliterated the village.
The word suggests total annihilation rather than mere damage.
Extended uses describe overwhelming defeat (They obliterated the competition) or erasure from memory or visibility: Time had obliterated all evidence of the settlement.
Destroy completely
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
- decimateDestroy a large portion
- pulverizeCrush to powder
shatter · crush · ruin · raze · vaporize · incinerate · flatten · smash
Destroy completely, every one
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- wipe outDestroy completely or tumble
- eliminateRemove completely
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
extinguish · stamp out · root out · extirpate · decimate · genocide · massacre · slaughter
Delete entirely, officially
- effaceEliminate from view
- deleteRemove or erase
- removeTake something away
- redactConceal text for secrecy
excise · whiteout · overwrite · scrub · blot out · wipe · clear · edit out
Fail to recall
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- repressHold back forcibly
- buryPlace beneath soil
- block outConceal by covering
eradicate · extinguish · banish · purge · wipe away · dissolve · fade · vanish
Seismic sea surge
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
- cataclysmViolent, large-scale disaster
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- decimationNear-total destruction
disaster · calamity · catastrophe · holocaust · apocalypse · ruination · carnage · havoc
demolish
Destroy completely
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
- decimateDestroy a large portion
pulverize · shatter · crush · ruin · raze · vaporize · incinerate · flatten · smash · wreck
exterminate
Destroy completely, every one
annihilate · extinguish · stamp out · root out · extirpate · decimate · genocide · massacre · slaughter · purge
expunge
Delete entirely, officially
redact · excise · whiteout · overwrite · scrub · blot out · wipe · clear · edit out · strike out
forget
Fail to recall
block out · eradicate · extinguish · banish · purge · wipe away · dissolve · fade · vanish · extirpate
tsunami
Seismic sea surge
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
- cataclysmViolent, large-scale disaster
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
decimation · disaster · calamity · catastrophe · holocaust · apocalypse · ruination · carnage · havoc · inferno
- blot outerase, delete, wipe out, cross out, scratch out
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, cross out, strike out
- Destroydestroy, annihilate, demolish, devastate, ruin
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- data destructionshredding, shredder, incineration, degaussing, overwriting
obliteratecreate
Cause to exist
build · construct · make · generate · bring into being
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