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oblitterō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • erase verb To remove marks, writing, or recorded information completely.
  • obliterate verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.

Senses

oblitterō is used for these senses in English:

  • blot out (transitive) To make indecipherable; to obliterate.
  • efface (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
  • erase (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
  • erase (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
  • obliterate To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.

erase — full definition

  1. verb To remove marks, writing, or recorded information completely.
  2. verb To remove all trace of something, such as a memory or feeling.

obliterate — full definition

  1. verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
  2. verb To rub out or make text or a mark impossible to read.

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