Category:Obliterate

Ob*lit"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliterated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliterating.] Etym: [l. obliteratus, p.p. of obliterare to Obliterate; ob (see ob-) + litera, littera, letter. See letter.]

1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a Writing.

2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render Imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments Of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly Obliterated. W. Black.

Obliterate Ob*lit"er*ate, a. (zoöl.)

Defn: scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.