Antonyms for obliterate
əˈblɪt əˌreɪtoblit·er·ate

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1. obliterate

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

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1. • Eliminate

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1. blotted out, obliterate, obliteratedverb

   reduced to nothingness

   Antonyms:
   preserved

   Synonyms:
   blotted out, obliterated

2. kill, obliterate, wipe outverb

   mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

   "kill these lines in the President's speech"

   Antonyms:
   preserved

   Synonyms:
   veil, eat up, vote down, exhaust, eat, blot out, eliminate, belt down, use up, drink down, defeat, decimate, shoot down, obscure, kill, run through, toss off, cancel out, stamp out, hide, bolt down, annihilate, wipe out, down, efface, pop, erase, extinguish, pour down, sweep away, consume, vote out, carry off, deplete, eradicate

3. obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hideverb

   make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

   "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

   Antonyms:
   preserved

   Synonyms:
   shroud, veil, mist, wipe out, confuse, blot out, enshroud, overcloud, kill, becloud, fog, blur, conceal, haze over, befog, obnubilate, cover, obscure, hide out, efface, bedim, hide, cloud

4. obliterate, effaceverb

   remove completely from recognition or memory

   "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

   Antonyms:
   preserved

   Synonyms:
   efface, rub out, score out, wipe off, hide, kill, wipe out, erase, obscure, veil, blot out

5. obliterateverb

   do away with completely, without leaving a trace

   Antonyms:
   preserved

   Synonyms:
   veil, obscure, blot out, kill, hide, efface, wipe out

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1. obliterateverb

   Synonyms:
   efface, erase, blot out, remove, destroy, expunge

How to use obliterate in a sentence?

1. Cervantes:

   There is no remembrance which time doth not obliterate, nor pain which death doth not put an end to.

2. Donald Trump:

   This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects or different civilizations, this is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life, and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it. This is a battle between good and evil.

3. George Orwell:

   The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

5. Donald Trump:

   This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects or different civilizations, this is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it.

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