Dictionary Definition
obliteration
Noun
1 destruction by annihilating something [syn:
annihilation]
2 the complete destruction of every trace of
something [syn: eradication]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- The total destruction of something
- The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something
Translations
- Finnish: poispyyhkiytyminen
Extensive Definition
Destruction is the act of damaging something
beyond use or repair. It may also refer to:
- Destruction (band), a German thrash metal band
- Destruction (DC Comics), one of the Endless in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman
- Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada
See also
obliteration in French: Destruction
obliteration in Portuguese: Destruição
obliteration in Simple English: Destruction
(disambiguation)
Destruction an object or emotion is changed in a
negative way. "Obliteration", "Disruption",
"Deconfiguration".
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Lethe,
absentmindedness,
blot, blotting, blotting out,
cancel, cancellation, decay of
memory, deletion,
effacement, erasure, expunction, forgetfulness, forgetting, forgiveness, grace period,
hazy recollection, heedlessness, moratorium, nepenthe, nirvana, oblivion, obliviousness, scrubbing, short memory,
unmindfulness,
washing out, waters of oblivion, wiping out,
write-off