OBLITERATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for OBLITERATE?

Need another word that means the same as “obliterate”? Find 50 synonyms and 30 related words for “obliterate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Obliterate” are: blot out, hide, obscure, veil, kill, wipe out, efface, destroy, annihilate, exterminate, extirpate, demolish, eliminate, eradicate, decimate, liquidate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, envelop, surround, swathe, enfold, cover, cover up, conceal, secrete, camouflage, disguise, mask, screen, shield, cloak, blanket, shroud, enwrap, canopy, overlay, erase, expunge, rub out, remove all traces of, blank out, block out, delete, strike out, cancel, cross out, ink out, score out, obliterated

Obliterate as a Verb

Definitions of "Obliterate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “obliterate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Remove completely from recognition or memory.
• Make invisible or indistinct; conceal or cover.
• Destroy utterly; wipe out.
• Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.
• Do away with completely, without leaving a trace.
• Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase.
• Cancel (something, especially a postage stamp) to prevent further use.

Synonyms of "Obliterate" as a verb (49 Words)

annihilate	Kill in large numbers. A crusade to annihilate evil.
blank out	Keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning.
blanket	Cover as if with a blanket. Snow blanketed the fields.
block out	Stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block.
blot out	Dry (ink) with blotting paper.
camouflage	Hide or disguise the presence of a person animal or object by means of camouflage. Grievances should be discussed not camouflaged.
cancel	Declare null and void; make ineffective. Cancel cheques or tickets.
canopy	Cover or provide with a canopy. The river was canopied by overhanging trees.
cloak	Cover with or as if with a cloak. Cloaked monks.
conceal	Hold back; keep from being perceived by others. They were at great pains to conceal that information from the public.
cover	Provide with a covering or cause to be covered. Cover your head.
cover up	Hold within range of an aimed firearm.
cross out	Travel across or pass over.
decimate	Kill in large numbers. The inhabitants of the country had been decimated.
delete	Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it. The passage was deleted.
demolish	Comprehensively refute (an argument or its proponent. Demolished my reputation.
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. Their terrier was destroyed after the attack.
disguise	Give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one’s identity. We disguised our faces before robbing the bank.
efface	Make inconspicuous. Nothing could efface the bitter memory.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. Security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government s opponents.
enfold	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. He enfolded her in his arms and stroked her hair.
envelop	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. A feeling of despair enveloped him.
enwrap	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. The book jacket enwraps a plain blue paper binding.
eradicate	Kill in large numbers. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
erase	Remove from memory or existence. Please erase the formula on the blackboard it is wrong.
expunge	Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. The kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory.
exterminate	Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews Gypsies Communists and homosexuals of Europe.
extirpate	Pull up by or as if by the roots. Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
hide	Use (someone or something) to protect oneself from criticism or punishment, especially in a way considered cowardly. Hide the money.
ink out	Mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink.
liquidate	Pay off (a debt. The mafia liquidated the informer.
mask	Cover the face with a mask. Brandy did not completely mask the bitter taste.
obscure	Make obscure or unclear. The distinction was obscured.
overlay	Lie on top of. The sow overlay her piglets.
remove all traces of	Dispose of.
rub out	Cause friction.
score out	Gain points in a game.
screen	Project onto a screen for viewing. Her hair swung across to screen her face.
secrete	(of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance. The money was secreted from his children.
shield	Prevent or reduce the escape of sound, light, or other radiation from (something. These people have been completely shielded from economic forces.
shroud	Wrap or dress a body in a shroud for burial. The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery.
strike out	Indicate (a certain time) by striking.
surround	Surround so as to force to give up. The hotel is surrounded by its own gardens.
swathe	Wrap in swaddling clothes.
veil	Cover with a veil. The development of these technologies has been veiled in secrecy.
wipe off the face of the earth	Rub with a circular motion.
wipe off the map	Rub with a circular motion.
wipe out	Rub with a circular motion.

Usage Examples of "Obliterate" as a verb

• Clouds were darkening, obliterating the sun.
• The special stamp should be placed on the left-hand side and not be used to obliterate the postage stamp.
• The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.

Obliterate as an Adjective

Definitions of "Obliterate" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “obliterate” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Reduced to nothingness.

Synonyms of "Obliterate" as an adjective (1 Word)

obliterated

Reduced to nothingness.

Associations of "Obliterate" (30 Words)

ablation	The surgical removal of body tissue.
abolish	Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia.
annihilate	Defeat utterly. Mesons are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other.
cull	An inferior or surplus livestock animal selected for culling. He keeps his female calves and sells only male calves and herd culls.
decimate	Kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group. Public transport has been decimated.
delete	(of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence. Any program in memory will be deleted before the new one is loaded.
edit	Be editor of a newspaper or magazine. In recent years scientists have sought more precise ways to edit the genome.
efface	Make inconspicuous. To efface oneself is not the easiest of duties which the teacher can undertake.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. Eliminate my debts.
eradicate	Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
erasable	Capable of being effaced. A signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head.
erase	Rub out or remove (writing or marks. Who erased the files from my hard disk.
eraser	A piece of soft rubber or plastic used to rub out something written.
excise	Charge excise on goods. The rate of excise duty on spirits.
excision	The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage. The excision of the carcinoma.
expulsion	The action or process of forcing someone to leave a place. His expulsion from the union.
expunge	Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. The kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory.
expurgate	Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account. Editors heavily expurgated the novel before its initial publication.
exterminate	Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. They use poison to exterminate moles.
extirpate	Pull up by or as if by the roots. Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
extirpation	Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.
quash	Declare invalid. His conviction was quashed on appeal.
raze	Tear down so as to make flat with the ground. Villages were razed to the ground.
remove	Remove from a position or an office. It is an isolated place far removed from the London art world.
rub	Reproduce the design of a sepulchral brass or a stone by rubbing paper laid on it with coloured wax pencil or chalk etc. She rubbed her arm where she had a large bruise.
ruthlessly	Without pity or compassion for others. They fell prey to money lenders who ruthlessly exploited them.
stapler	A device for fastening together sheets of paper with a staple or staples.
stump	Remove tree stumps from. The candidate stumped the Northeast.
uproot	Pull up by or as if by the roots. The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted.
wipe	Pass a swipe card over an electronic reader. I discovered all of my hard drives had been wiped.