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obliterated

adj
/əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/UK/əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪtɪd/CA/əˈblɪtəˌɹæɪtɪd/

Etymology

From obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).

  1. derived from *h₁lengʷʰ-✻ — “not heavy, light; brief; swift”
  2. learned borrowing from obliterātus
  3. suffixed as obliterated — “obliterate + ed”

Definitions

  1. Destroyed

    Destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.

    • […] Huck’s confidence in the human race was wellnigh obliterated.
    • [A]s however the sutures between this epimeron and the adjoining pieces are very obliterated, it easily escapes observation even when really exposed.

  2. Forgotten.

    • This thought gave life to her diction, her soul flowed into it, and she soon found the task of recollecting almost obliterated impressions very interesting.
    • Her husband was obliterated, she was with her father again, who was so fresh and free and all daylight. Her husband, with his intensity and his darkness, was obliterated. She left him, she forgot him, she accepted her father.

  3. Very drunk or intoxicated

    Very drunk or intoxicated; wasted.

    • The right of men to get obliterated and do stupid stuff—the fun men have getting obliterated and doing stupid stuff—is so culturally accepted that it's a cornerstone of best man speeches and bro comedies.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of obliterate

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for obliterated. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA