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obliteration

[ uh-blit-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
  2. Pathology, Surgery. the removal of a part as a result of disease or surgery.


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  • ´Ç²ú·±ô¾±³Ù·±ð°ù·²¹Â·³Ù¾±±¹±ð [uh, -, blit, -, uh, -rey-tiv, -er-, uh, -tiv], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of obliteration1

1650–60; < Latin ´Ç²ú±ô¾±³Ù³Ù±ð°ùÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ´Ç²ú±ô¾±³Ù³Ù±ð°ùÄå³Ù¾±Å ), equivalent to ´Ç²ú±ô¾±³Ù³Ù±ð°ùÄå³Ù ( us ) ( obliterate ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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Example Sentences

They’re minors in the modern world, where naivete is a currency that buys a one-way ticket to the obliteration of their innocence.

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And an obliteration of this magnitude required a perfect storm of factors that few would have predicted several days ahead of time.

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The director is well aware that the heyday of American musicals on both stage and screen occurred amid the Great Depression, World War II, the Holocaust and the brink of nuclear obliteration.

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The problem is that Ronan is also forging her compelling warts-and-all portrait of obliteration and recovery in another type of gale storm, that of undisciplined filmmaking at odds with the patient harvesting of characterization.

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Tech leaders have warned about the potential harms of A.I., including the obliteration of entire job categories, election interference, discrimination in housing and finance, and even the replacement of humankind.

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