Definition of "obliterate" in Englisch

verb

1. To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.

2. To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.

   • The rainclouds obliterated the sun as they swept across the sky.

3. To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.

4. To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).

5. To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.

6. To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.

7. Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.

   • distal pulses obliterate until perfusion is restored

adjective

1. (except poetic) Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated.

2. (entomology, rare) Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.