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obliteration

noun

Etymology

From obliterate + -ion.

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

Definitions

  1. The total destruction of something.

    • This illustration depicts exoplanet Kepler-1658b (left), doomed to eventual obliteration by its aging host star.
    • Stark before-and-after images reveal the obliteration of Bakhmut [title]
    • “Everyone knows what happens when you drop 14 30,000-pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration.”

  2. The concealing or covering of something.

  3. The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.

    • Because he refused to protect his brother's name from obliteration, he acquires a derogatory nickname.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ

      The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).

The neighborhood

Derived

abliteration, angioobliteration, disobliteration, obliterationism, vasoobliteration

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for obliteration. 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