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Recent Examples of obliterate Israel’s offensive has obliterated large parts of Gaza. Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 Tanks and other resources can be seen in satellite imagery, and the motor pools full of old ones empty out as they get shipped to the battlefield and obliterated. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025 The trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen combined to obliterate the Winnipeg Jets in a 7-1 win for the Colorado Avalanche. Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025 Water raged even higher this time (nearly 8 feet over the top of the spillway) and became a monster, obliterating parts of the neighborhood. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for obliterate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterate
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  • States reporting measles cases Measles was declared eradicated in the USA in 2000, but recent sporadic outbreaks have been linked to international travelers and numerous unvaccinated people, based on CDC reports.
    Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This should be child’s play for sophisticated on-device AI to eradicate once and for all.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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  • Its streets were power washed, graffiti was erased, trash was cleared, and the city’s sizable homeless population was relocated.
    Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The service comes at a price, according to a release: The relived memories are permanently erased after viewing.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • Even before abolishing the department, the Trump administration blocked student loan forgiveness and repayment plans, slashed department staffing, and wiped the federal watchdog agency tasked with overseeing student loan servicing and collections.
    Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
  • What is Trump's justification for abolishing the department?
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • Af Klint edited her own notebooks later in life, rewriting or destroying entire passages and exorcising biographical details.
    Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 28 people, forced at least 37,800 to flee their homes and destroyed thousands of structures and vehicles.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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