obliterated
Wiped from existence
Obliterated is the past tense of obliterate, meaning to destroy completely or wipe out of existence.
A bombing obliterates a building; time obliterates memories.
The word suggests thoroughness—nothing recognizable remains: The flood obliterated any trace of the settlement.
In slang, obliterated means extremely drunk or high: We got obliterated at the party.
Completely destroyed, nothing remaining
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- pulverizedMade into powder
- crushedCompressed into fragments
shattered · decimated · razed · ruined · dismantled · disintegrated · vaporized · nuked
Officially removed completely
- deletedPermanently removed
- effacedRemoved from visibility
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
- removedTaken from position
scrubbed · cleared · eradicated · blotted out · struck out · crossed out · rubbed out · whited out
Used without good result
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- trashedDestroyed or intoxicated
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
blitzed · wrecked · tanked · blotto · sloshed · legless · loaded · bombed
Totally destroyed, none remaining
- eradicatedTotally destroyed or removed
- extinguishedMade to stop burning
- abolishedFormally ended by authority
- terminatedBrought to an end
liquidated · vanquished · quashed · stamped out · wiped out · rooted out · purged · excised
Placed beneath earth
- suppressedForcibly held down
- unrememberedNot kept in mind
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- lostUnable to navigate
obscured · blacked out · hidden · covered up · written out
annihilated
Completely destroyed, nothing remaining
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- pulverizedMade into powder
crushed · shattered · decimated · razed · ruined · dismantled · disintegrated · vaporized · nuked · leveled
expunged
Officially removed completely
removed · scrubbed · cleared · eradicated · blotted out · struck out · crossed out · rubbed out · whited out · redacted
wasted
Used without good result
plastered · blitzed · wrecked · tanked · blotto · sloshed · legless · loaded · bombed · totaled
exterminated
Totally destroyed, none remaining
- eradicatedTotally destroyed or removed
- extinguishedMade to stop burning
- abolishedFormally ended by authority
terminated · liquidated · vanquished · quashed · stamped out · wiped out · rooted out · purged · excised · extirpated
buried
Placed beneath earth
- suppressedForcibly held down
- unrememberedNot kept in mind
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
lost · obscured · blacked out · hidden · covered up · written out
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, annihilated, decimated, devastated
- redactedredacted, censored, blacked out, expunged, deleted
- gonegone, absent, away, departed, missing
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, totaled
- drunk slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, smashed, plastered
obliteratedcreated
Caused to exist
constructed · built · established · generated · formed
obliteratedpreserved
Kept from deterioration
remembered · commemorated · recorded · documented · immortalized
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