| Obliterate 1. (v. t.) To blot out; to cause to disappear; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. 2. (v. t.) To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. 3. (a.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects. Thesaurus Entries absolve, annihilate, black out, blot, blot out, cancel, consign to oblivion, cross out, declare a moratorium, dele, delete, destroy, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, forgive, kill, nullify, raze, rub out, rule out, scratch, scratch out, sponge, sponge out, strike off, strike out, wipe out, write off |