obliterating
Wiping out entirely
Obliterating is destroying something so completely that no trace remains.
A bombing campaign obliterates a city; time obliterates memory.
The word implies thoroughness beyond mere destruction—not just breaking but erasing entirely: The scandal obliterated his reputation.
In sports, obliterating an opponent means defeating them decisively.
Removal of content
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- removalAct of taking away
wiping · redaction · cancellation · nullification · voiding · blotting out · striking out · overwriting
Destroy completely
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- crushCompress with force
- decimateDestroy a large portion
- razeDestroy completely
wreck · devastate · pulverize · smash · flatten · ruin · dismantle · annihilate
Overwhelming in intensity
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- dominatingExercising supreme control
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
thrashing · routing · steamrolling · clobbering · walloping · drubbing · pummeling · massacring
Complete vanishing of a species
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- disappearanceAct of going missing
abolition · dissolution · elimination · genocide · massacre · slaughter · holocaust · ethnic cleansing
deletion
Removal of content
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
removal · wiping · redaction · cancellation · nullification · voiding · blotting out · striking out · overwriting · scrubbing
demolish
Destroy completely
raze · wreck · devastate · pulverize · smash · flatten · ruin · dismantle · annihilate · disintegrate
crushing
Overwhelming in intensity
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- dominatingExercising supreme control
trouncing · thrashing · routing · steamrolling · clobbering · walloping · drubbing · pummeling · massacring · shellacking
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
disappearance · abolition · dissolution · elimination · genocide · massacre · slaughter · holocaust · ethnic cleansing · purge
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- drowning outmuffling, masking, silencing, muting, overpowering
- Beatdownsbeatdown, drubbing, thrashing, trouncing, blowout
- crushing actionscrushing, flattening, smashing, pressing, stomping
obliteratingcreating
Making something new
generating · building · constructing · producing · making
obliteratingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
conserving · protecting · safeguarding · saving · maintaining
obliteratingrestoring
Returning to original condition
rebuilding · reconstructing · reviving · regenerating · renewing