obliterare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blight noun A plant disease, often caused by fungus, that causes rapid browning and death of leaves or stems.
- cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
- obliterate verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
- scratch verb To rub or drag nails, claws, or a sharp point across a surface, especially to relieve an itch or leave a mark.
Senses
obliterare is used for these senses in English:
- blight (figurative) To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.
- cancel (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.
- obliterate To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- scratch Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- wipe out (transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
blight — full definition
- noun A plant disease, often caused by fungus, that causes rapid browning and death of leaves or stems.
- noun Something that damages or holds back growth, development, or quality of life.
- verb To damage or spoil the growth or development of something.
cancel — full definition
- verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
- verb To make something officially invalid.
- verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
- verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.