obliteration

obliterate | American Dictionary

obliterate
verb[ T ]
us/əˈblɪt̬·əˌreɪt, oʊ-/
to remove all signs of something; destroy:
The hurricane virtually obliterated this small coastal town.

Examples of obliterate

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However, this decoding depends on a simultaneous appreciation of martyrdom as a radical act which transgresses, even obliterates, key boundaries.
The traditional distinction between rural and urban has, however, largely been obliterated by modern communications.
They were standing at the front of the stage, choir-fashion, obliterating the voices of several soloists further up-stage.
As with the onemeasure patterns, the accents here create rhythmic tension without obliterating the underlying duple feel.
The intercordal spaces are obliterated by leaflet tissue.
Tricuspid stenosis, when present, is treated by fenestration of die anterosuperior leaflet wherever die intercordal spaces are obliterated.
The original nappe geometry was obliterated by block tectonics.
Decortication and decerebration obliterated felt-pain from the experiment, and represented the laboratory as a pain-free space.
Later deformations obliterated and partly extinguished possible shear sense indicators so that the shear sense can hardly be determined.
Except for the silhouette of the ears, the facial features are completely obliterated, and no traces of headgear are evident.
The address is partially obliterated by the now-removed sealing wax once on the folded paper of the letter.
One of these was obliterated with coils placed via a catheter following the second operation.
The aneurysm was obliterated with a second patch.
When the infundibulum is severely narrowed or obliterated, cardiac catheterization is necessary to define the status of the coronary circulation.
Although the person obviously had other features, the chosen label obliterated all other characteristics.
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