obliterate

transitive verb

To remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace. synonym: annihilate.

transitive verb

To render invisible or unreadable, as by erasing or marking over.

transitive verb

To remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation.

In entomology, almost effaced; obsolete or very indistinct, as the surface-markings of an insect.

To blot or render undecipherable; blot out; erase; efface; remove all traces of.

Synonyms Erase, Expunge, etc. (see efface), rub out, rub off, wipe out, remove.

adjective

Scarcely distinct; — applied to the markings of insects.

transitive verb

To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

transitive verb

To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible.

verb

To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy.