c. 1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten," from ob "against" (see ob-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters." Related: Obliterated; obliterating.
雙語例句
1. Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over.
他們擁有的彈頭足以將世界毀滅好幾次。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.
時間足以抹去他對過去經歷的記憶。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Anne was eager to obliterate her error.
安妮極想忘卻她的錯誤.
來自辭典例句
4. Little things brought out on such occasions need great love to obliterate them afterward.
在這類情況下產生的小摩擦,需要偉大的愛情事后來消除.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
5. Collisions with small space flotsam can obliterate a ship.