Obliterate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 涂掉, 擦掉
• ［英］ v. 涂掉, 擦掉 ( efface; erase)
• ［记］ ob ( 去掉) +liter ( 文字) +ate -> 擦掉 ( 文字等)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Latin oblitteratus, past participle of oblitterare, from ob- ob- + littera letter
• Date: 1600
• 1.
  • a. to remove utterly from recognition or memory
  • b. to remove from existence ; destroy utterly all trace, indication, or significance of
  • c. to cause to disappear (as a bodily part or a scar) or collapse (as a duct conveying body fluid) ; remove 4 <a blood vessel obliterated by inflammation>
• 2. to make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away
• 3. cancel 4
• ? obliteration noun
• ? obliterator noun

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