D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Obliterate

/əb-lĭt'-ẽr-ātˌ/ · Ob·lit·er·ate · IPA /əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪt/
01 v. t. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
imp. & p. p. Obliterated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliterating
  1. 1.
    To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
  2. 2.
    To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as, to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
    “The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated.” — W. Black.
02 a. Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
  1. 1.
    Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.(Zool.)