Synonyms & Antonyms : Obliterate

Obliterate


( Verb )


The criminals obliterated all signs of crime before they left the scene.

Synonyms:

Annihilate

Blot out

Cancel

Destroy

Efface

Eradicate

Erase

Expunge

Extirpate

Root out

Wipe out

Contextual Examples:

She annihilated her opponent who failed to win a single game.

He tried to blot out anything that would remind him of his ordeal.

The match had to be cancelled because of bad weather.

They have destroyed all the evidence of the spot.

Time and weather had long since effaced the inscription on the monument.

Small pox has now been eradicated.

He has tried to erase from his mind all memories of the disaster.



Antonyms:

Build

Construct

Create

Establish

Form

Formulate

Generate

Make

Contextual Examples:

Birds build their nests out of twigs.

Delhi government has constructed many flyovers in Delhi.

God created the world, the universe and every living being.

India tries to establish a good relationship with China.

They form the clay into figure of animals.




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