obliteration

Examples of obliterated

obliterated

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Although these appear flexed, details of the forearms and hands are obliterated.
Here, the igneous and corona textures are obliterated by the growth of amphibolite-facies assemblages with hornblende, plagioclase, biotite, garnet and zoisite.
Their nerves are strung out, all power of resistance obliterated.
In sum, farmers do not feel that petty trade has obliterated agriculture.
In most cases a gap indicates a doorway, but the collapse of structures has often obliterated this evidence.
In cases with an extremely small cavity, the mural hypertrophy had obliterated the apical and outlet components of the right ventricular cavities.
Here, the ostensible line between cosmetic artificiality and "genuine" beauty is obliterated.
The intercordal spaces are obliterated by leaflet tissue.
The original nappe geometry was obliterated by block tectonics.
That distinction cannot just be obliterated by the assumption that everything is explicable in evolutionary terms.
Decortication and decerebration obliterated felt-pain from the experiment, and represented the laboratory as a pain-free space.
The traditional distinction between rural and urban has, however, largely been obliterated by modern communications.
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.
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