OBLITERATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Destruction by annihilating something

Synonyms:

annihilation; obliteration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("obliteration" is a kind of...):

destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obliteration"):

atomisation; atomization (annihilation by reducing something to atoms)

pulverisation; pulverization (annihilation by pulverizing something)

vaporisation; vaporization (annihilation by vaporizing something)

Derivation:

obliterate (remove completely from recognition or memory)

obliterate (do away with completely, without leaving a trace)

Meaning:

The complete destruction of every trace of something

Synonyms:

eradication; obliteration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("obliteration" is a kind of...):

demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)

Derivation:

obliterate (remove completely from recognition or memory)

obliterate (do away with completely, without leaving a trace)

obliterate (mark for deletion, rub off, or erase)