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I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds.
Edward Hopper

Meaning of "obliteration" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLITERATION

obliteration  [əˌblɪtəˈreɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBLITERATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obliteration is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OBLITERATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Destruction

Destruction is the concept of damage to an object, system, being or idea. It may also refer to: ▪ Destruktion, a term from the philosophy of Martin Heidegger ▪ Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada ▪ Destruction, one of the Endless in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman ▪ Destruction, a German thrash metal band ▪ Destruction, a 1915 film starring Theda Bara ▪ "The Destruction", a song from the musical CarrieAppetite for Destruction the debut album of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses ▪ Symphony of Destruction a single by Megadeth from the album Countdown to Extinction ▪ Destructoid a video-game blog ▪ Destruction, a 1994 EP by the German thrash metal group Destruction ▪ NJPW Destruction, professional wrestling event...

Definition of obliteration in the English dictionary

The definition of obliteration in the dictionary is the process of destroying every trace of or wiping out completely. Other definition of obliteration is the complete removal of a memory or emotion from a person's mind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBLITERATION


acceleration
ækˌsɛləˈreɪʃən
collaboration
kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən
configuration
kənˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən
consideration
kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃən
cooperation
kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
corporation
ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
declaration
ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən
decoration
ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən
deliberation
dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən
duration
djʊˈreɪʃən
expiration
ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən
exploration
ˌɛkspləˈreɪʃən
federation
ˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən
generation
ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən
incorporation
ɪnˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
inspiration
ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃən
operation
ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
preparation
ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən
restoration
ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃən
separation
ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBLITERATION

oblique angle
oblique fault
oblique sailing
oblique zenithal
oblique-slip fault
obliquely
obliqueness
obliquid
obliquities
obliquitous
obliquity
obliquity of the ecliptic
obliterate
obliterative
obliterator
oblivion
oblivious
obliviously
obliviousness
obliviscence

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBLITERATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
creation
destination
documentation
education
evaluation
excitation
formation
foundation
hesitation

Synonyms and antonyms of obliteration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBLITERATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «obliteration» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of obliteration

Translation of «obliteration» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBLITERATION

Find out the translation of obliteration to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obliteration from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obliteration» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

闭塞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obliteración
570 millions of speakers

English

obliteration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विस्मृति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطمس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уничтожение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obliteração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিলোপসাধন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oblitération
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemadaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vernichtung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

閉塞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pambatasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự bôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துடைத்தழித்துவிடப்போகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विस्मरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bozma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obliterazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zatarcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

знищення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obliterarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξάλειψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitwissing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obliteration
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utslettelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obliteration

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLITERATION»

The term «obliteration» is regularly used and occupies the 73.847 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLITERATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obliteration» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obliteration» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obliteration

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4 QUOTES WITH «OBLITERATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word obliteration.
1
Edward Hopper
I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds.
2
John Boyle O'Reilly
Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition. It is a half-fledged, unmusical, Promethean abomination. It is a quack bolus to reduce masculinity even by the obliteration of femininity.
3
Richard Owen
Mr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life, even to the total obliteration of certain meshes.
4
Benjamin Tucker
Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLITERATION»

Discover the use of obliteration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obliteration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology
Whether acute appendicitis becomes chronic or whether it can be recognized in a chronic state has long been debated (329). Fibrous obliteration of the appendix is probably not a consequence of acute appendicitis (595) because fibrous ...
Stephen S. Sternberg, Stacey E. Mills, Darryl Carter, 2004
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Middle Ear and Mastoid Surgery
These complications seem to be more common if obliteration is attempted in an old open mastoid.4,23 Local wound debridement, cleaning, and otic drops may alleviate the problem, but occasionally reoperation is necessary. Retraction ...
Rex S. Haberman, 2011
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Manual of Middle Ear Surgery
19. Cavity. Obliteration. with. Cartilage. 20 Cavity Obliteration with Bone. 383 Autogenous tragal or conchal cartilage was introduced into tympanoplasty by Utech (1961), Good- hill (1961), Guilford (1961), Farrior (1962), Heer- mann ( 1963), ...
Mirko Tos, 1995
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War in the Twentieth Century: Sources in Theological Ethics
THE MEANING OF OBLITERATION BOMBING In general the term obliteration bombing is used as the opposite of precision bombing. In precision bombing very definite, limited targets, such as airfields, munitions factories, railroad bridges, etc .
Richard Brian Miller, 1992
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Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
If MRI suggests that the AVM has gone on to complete obliteration, then follow-up angiography is recommended 3 or more years after radiosurgery to definitively determine the status of the AVM [56]. Patients with residual AVM on follow-up ...
Lawrence S. Chin, William F. Regine, 2010
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The Total Obliteration of Hell
Frank Hayward. THE TOTAL OBLITERATION , ~ V R' By Frank Hayward IOMIIIIIIHI L....~>.-.,..-.. ~w-vqp-sawmnvnn THE TOTAL OBLITERATION OF HELL By Frank Hayward chipmunkapublishing the. Front Cover.
Frank Hayward
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The Edge of Obliteration
Sigyn Piwonka. of their necks. Both of them plopped onto the floor, and Armstrong dragged their bodies over to the door. He lay one partially on top of the other so that anyone who hurried through that door would probably trip over them.
Sigyn Piwonka, 2012
8
Atlas of Head & Neck Surgery--otolaryngology
Middle ear obliteration is indicated in the ear with cochlear destruction, for which complete resection of disease is achieved. CONTRAINDICATIONS Obliteration is contraindicated if there is incomplete resection of disease. PREOPERATIVE ...
Byron J. Bailey, 2001
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The Frontal Sinus
Intraoperative view during image-guided frontal sinus obliteration surgery. The image-guidance probe is used to verify the proper location of the x-ray template and to direct bony cuts through the anterior table of the frontal sinus probe and that ...
Stilianos E. Kountakis, Brent Senior, Wolfgang Draf, 2005
10
Diseases of the Sinuses: Diagnosis and Management
This avoids the long-term complications of chronic pain, incomplete mucous membrane removal, and late muco- cele formation associated with frontal sinus obliteration. Postoperatively, the success of these procedures should be monitored ...
David W. Kennedy, William E. Bolger, S. James Zinreich, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBLITERATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obliteration is used in the context of the following news items.
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In the summer of 2005, the media was shameless
The story of the "disengagement" and the obliteration of the Jewish communities in the "Negev Beach" (the accurate Hebrew name for the Gaza ... «Israel Hayom, Jul 15»
2
Chadong Church appeals
... available for justice and urge all Church bodies in Manipur and beyond to take note of this obliteration of a Church without the due process. «E-Pao.net, Jul 15»
3
'Ant-Man,' 'Daredevil,' and 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' – How Marvel …
And Guardians of the Galaxy also threatened the obliteration of a planet. Ant-Man, alternatively, concluded with a one-on-one fight where the ... «mxdwn.com, Jul 15»
4
Opponents of Site C dam running out of time in BC
We're talking about the complete destruction and obliteration of a world-class heritage river … It's absolutely unconscionable. I think British ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
5
What ancient Romans can teach us about Confederate monuments
The Romans also developed a way to designate monuments as negative exemplars, so as to remember, through pseudo-obliteration, ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
6
Add These Special Ingredients to Chicken Salad For a Stellar …
What I also simultaneously did to justify the obliteration of sandwich perfection was to lighten it up a touch. Instead of being drowned in full-fat ... «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»
7
Support the Iran deal — the deal is done, deal with it
Imagine a regime whose rhetoric calls for the obliteration of your nation. Imagine further that it stands mere months away from having nuclear ... «Jewish Journal, Jul 15»
8
Godzilla is the game of the year for masochists
They've made what should be an orgy of wanton obliteration (the good kind!) into something that makes the justly maligned 1998 Matthew ... «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»
9
UK.gov makes total pig's ear of attempt to legalise home CD ripping
... of error at the UK Intellectual Property Office (the old Patent Office), which earned the nickname "the Intellectual Property Obliteration" office. «The Register, Jul 15»
10
Over time, telling of history can become distorted
I'm still a patriot, but it can be arduous when I witness my government participate in the obliteration of reality while advocating equal protection ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»

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