Obliterated
[ə'blɪtəreɪtɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Obliterate
Editor: Wilma
Examples
- You perceive several places where it has passed across and obliterated the more shallow mark of the front one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now this concentration must represent a profound impetus in the business world--an impetus which certainly cannot be obliterated, even if anyone were foolish enough to wish it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The track of the doomed men through the ranks of their fellow mortals was obliterated. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He waited at the door of the carriage patiently, self-obliterated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Here, once again, was the mark of the bicycle, though nearly obliterated by the hoofs of cows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And the man curiously obliterated himself, as if he could make himself invisible, as a rat can. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That would have obliterated every advantage by which they lived. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Wilma