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oblit·erate [əˈblɪtəreɪt, Am -ˈblɪt̬-] VB trans

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1. obliterate (destroy):

to obliterate a town/village
eine Stadt/ein Dorf auslöschen [o. vernichten]

3. obliterate (forget):

to obliterate the past
die Vergangenheit aus dem Gedächtnis tilgen
to obliterate a thought
einen Gedanken verdrängen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to obliterate the view
die Sicht verdecken
to obliterate a thought
einen Gedanken verdrängen
to obliterate the past
die Vergangenheit aus dem Gedächtnis tilgen
to obliterate footprints
Fußabdrücke verwischen
to obliterate a town/village
eine Stadt/ein Dorf auslöschen [o. vernichten]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The vehicle runs over several land mines, obliterating it.
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Just southwest of the bypass, some unanchored homes were obliterated and swept from their foundations, and cars were tossed hundreds of yards away.
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A singleton need not support a civilization, and in fact could obliterate it upon coming to power.
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The urban development has obliterated any trace of the airfield.
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It is one thing to hold that a writing is necessary to obliterate the wrong.
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Photos taken two years later showed that the forest was eventually obliterated during the fighting.
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Aerial photos showed that the facility was completely obliterated.
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The northern residential section of town was completely obliterated by the tornado, with nothing left but small pieces of debris scattered about.
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Where farm fields surround it, evidence of the route has nearly been obliterated as the land has been returned to farming.
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In some cases, private business has obliterated portions of the line.
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