Obliterate
111extinguish — 1 *crush, quell, suppress, quench, quash Analogous words: obliterate, expunge, efface, delete (see ERASE): *destroy: *ruin, wreck Antonyms: inflame 2 *abolish, annihilate, abate …
112kill — v 1. slay, murder, assassinate, poison, do to death, liquidate, erase, blot or wipe out, put an end to, get rid of, put away, put out of the way, silence, carry off, remove, dispatch, finish, finish off, do for, fix, settle, lay out, lay low, Inf …
113erase — e•rase [[t]ɪˈreɪs[/t]] v. e•rased, e•ras•ing 1) to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface 2) to eliminate completely: She couldn t erase the scene from her memory[/ex] 3) hfi to obliterate (recorded material)… …
114correction fluid — /kəˈrɛkʃən fluəd/ (say kuh rekshuhn floohuhd) noun 1. a white substance in an organic solvent, used to obliterate an error in a text, graphic, etc.; white out. 2. a liquid used to obliterate a mistake in a gestetner stencil …
115letter — [13] The distant ancestry of the word letter has never been satisfactorily explained. One possible candidate as a source that has been put forward is Greek diphthérai ‘writing tablets’. But the earliest precursor that can be positively identified …
116erase — [ē rās′, irās′] vt. erased, erasing [< L erasus, pp. of eradere, to scratch out < e , out + radere, to scrape, scratch: see RAT] 1. to rub, scrape, or wipe out (esp. written or engraved letters); efface; expunge 2. to remove (something… …
117blot — n. & v. n. 1 a spot or stain of ink etc. 2 a moral defect in an otherwise good character; a disgraceful act or quality. 3 any disfigurement or blemish. v. (blotted, blotting) 1 a tr. spot or stain with ink; smudge. b intr. (of a pen, ink, etc.)… …
118obliterated — adjective reduced to nothingness • Syn: ↑blotted out, ↑obliterate • Similar to: ↑destroyed * * * oblitˈerāted adjective 1. Effaced 2. Without defined margins • • • …
119obliteration — noun 1. destruction by annihilating something (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑annihilation • Derivationally related forms: ↑obliterate, ↑annihilate (for: ↑annihilation) …
120blot something out — 1 Mary blotted out her picture: ERASE, obliterate, delete, efface, rub out, blank out, expunge; cross out, strike out. 2 clouds were starting to blot out the stars …
