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1. Reduced to nothingness
   "A common problem in resurveys of the public lands is the replacement of lost or obliterated corners";
   - blotted out, obliterate

1. Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
   "obliterate these lines in the President's speech";
   - kill, wipe out
    
2. Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
   - obscure, blot out, veil, hide
    
3. Remove completely from recognition or memory
   "obliterate the memory of the time in the camps";
   - efface
    
4. Do away with completely, without leaving a trace

See also: destroyed

Type of: alter, blur, change, dim, do away with, eliminate, extinguish, fish out [informal], get rid of, modify, slur, take away, take out

Encyclopedia: Obliterate