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    obliterate

    obliterate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word obliterate

    Definition
    (verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
    Synonyms : kill , wipe out
    Example Sentence
    • kill these lines in the President's speech
    Definition
    (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
    Synonyms : blot out , hide , obscure , veil
    Example Sentence
    • a hidden message
    • a veiled threat
    Definition
    (verb) remove completely from recognition or memory
    Synonyms : efface
    Example Sentence
    • efface the memory of the time in the camps
    Definition
    (verb) do away with completely, without leaving a trace Definition
    (adj) reduced to nothingness
    Synonyms : blotted out , obliterated
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for obliterate

lets ' all-be-literate ' and destroy illiteracy completely

after destruction things are all over the place and it seems as if the place has been littered.. hence ob+liter+ate

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take ob as not...it becomes not literate..means illeterate destroys coz he doesnt know

only LITERATE can OB+LITERATE (destroy)corruption

obLITerate,so concentrate on the word LIT.so when yu have LIT somethin means u have set it to fire,hence it gets DESTROYED COMPLETELY

obliterate ~litterate ~ something that you make more little - hence you destoy it completely

Ob(Off)+literate = Off literate -> destroy completely

remember movie "war games" where the joshua comp asks everyone to run away because of missile being approached by ripley . then joshua asks them to run away because of OBLITERATION

ob+literate—ob(against) from literate, those against literate can destroy i.e., illiterate people do such acts of destroying

In war, a jet pilot takes aim on his target and blows it to smitherines, and then reports back to headquarter that the OBJECTIVE turned to LITTER. The OBJECTIVE LITTERED.

ob = -ve literate..yesterday i was readin the white tiger. it said illeterate ppl are given the power to choose the govt and this destroys every aspect of society in itself.

obliterate is used in google chrome browser option"obliterate the following" to erase the history if u remember

Obstruct + literacy :means it will automatically destroy

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