obliterate

英 [əˈblɪtəreɪt]

美 [əˈblɪtəreɪt]

v.  毁掉; 覆盖; 清除

过去分词：obliterated　现在分词：obliterating　第三人称单数：obliterates　过去式：obliterated　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11165 / COCA.10389

牛津词典

verb

• 毁掉；覆盖；清除
  to remove all signs of sth, either by destroying or covering it completely
  1. The building was completely obliterated by the bomb.
     ***把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
  2. The snow had obliterated their footprints.
     白雪覆盖了他们的足迹。
  3. Everything that happened that night was obliterated from his memory.
     那天夜里发生的一切都从他的记忆中消失了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 消灭;毁掉;清除
  If somethingobliteratesan object or place, it destroys it completely.
  1. Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over...
     他们拥有的弹头足以将世界毁灭好几次。
  2. Whole villages were obliterated by fire.
     整座整座的村庄都被大火所吞噬。
• VERB 抹除，忘却（回忆等）
  If youobliteratesomething such as a memory, emotion, or thought, you remove it completely from your mind.
  1. There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.
     时间足以抹去他对过去经历的记忆。

英英释义

verb

• remove completely from recognition or memory
  1. efface the memory of the time in the camps
  Synonym:efface
• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  1. a hidden message
  2. a veiled threat
  Synonym:obscureblot outveilhide
• do away with completely, without leaving a trace
• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
  1. kill these lines in the President's speech
  Synonym:killwipe out

adj

• reduced to nothingness
  Synonym:blotted outobliterated

双语例句

• In ureteroscopy, an endoscope is inserted through the ureter to retrieve or obliterate the stone.
  输尿管镜技术通过输尿管插入一个内诊镜来找出或消除石头。
• The mighty female Druid would use powerful spells to obliterate monsters and shapeshift into a giant bear near the end of the fight.
  那个强大的女德鲁伊使用她的法术消灭怪物，并在战斗的最后变成了一头巨熊。
• Facing an audience that largely believes that online retail will obliterate physical stores, Johnson took a contrarian view.
  面对大部分都相信互联网零售业将摧毁实体店的听众，约翰逊发表了截然相反的看法。
• I believe that good is stronger than evil. I have found that if applied with complete faith, it can obliterate evil.
  我相信善可以压倒恶，并发现如果我们完全相信善的力量，便能以善除恶。
• If you want to live alone, it is better to die together, buried in the dark to you, please remember, I hate to obliterate a short life, and love to you.
  如果要孤独的活着，不如一同死去，长眠于黑暗的你，请用憎恨来泯记我短暂的生命，和对你的爱。
• Could an asteroid obliterate Los angeles?
  有没有可能一个小行星把洛杉矶全灭？
• I obliterate the word with chalk.
  我用粉笔把这个单词涂去了。
• After all, Israel has its own nuclear arsenal, and could obliterate Iran if attacked.
  毕竟，以色列拥有自己的核军备，如果遭受袭击，它有能力毁灭伊朗。
• There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.
  时间足以抹去他对过去经历的记忆。
• She tried to obliterate all memory of her father.
  她想忘却对父亲的一切记忆。