How to Use obliterate in a Sentence

obliterate

verb
Definition of obliteratenext
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  • The first team to obliterate the spell will win the series.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2022
  • Dozens of homes, obliterated in seconds, with the pull of a trigger.
    — Leanne Abraham, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But Henry is well known for having tried to obliterate all traces of his ex-wives.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • The Bears came out on fire just a week removed from being obliterated by a Sun Belt squad.
    — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • But Medvedev obliterated Djokovic’s dream, via a straight-set blowout.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Tehran can’t sit back and watch Israel obliterate Hamas.
    — Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Hamas now seems all-in on its covenant to obliterate Israel, Hoffman said.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • This event won’t reach the heights of the punishing heat dome that obliterated records in the region in June 2021 and contributed to hundreds of deaths.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
  • The outfield wall in Dodger Stadium was obliterated in the process.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 4 June 2023
  • Speas, who was away from baseball, has obliterated Double-A hitters for the last month.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
  • How the tiny critter doesn’t obliterate its own fist is due, in part, to a web of natural shock absorbers beneath.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2022
  • First, the Padres obliterated the script for a sleepy seaside place more head-and-heart connected to sunsets than sports for decades.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Unless, for a hero of the counterculture like Gordon, obliterating the brand is, in fact, the brand.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This quick circuit is designed to obliterate your quads.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
  • If one nation strikes, the thinking goes, we are all obliterated.
    — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • How modern weapons can obliterate the human body so there’s nothing left to bring home.
    — Erika Kinetz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
  • As for the beans, keep them whole, coarsely crush, or totally obliterate them to give your finished dish a creamy texture.
    — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The Israeli assault has obliterated much of Gaza City and surrounding areas in the north.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The goal isn't to obliterate the asteroid but rather to see whether the collision can alter the space rock's nearly 12-hour orbit.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Horford played the opening 12 minutes as if on a one-man mission to obliterate that notion.
    — Kyle Hightower, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The storm door was taken out, chunks of shutters obliterated, the condo siding cracked.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
  • The offense worked perfectly against Arizona and Missouri, as the Tigers forced both up-tempo teams to play in the half-court and then obliterated them on the glass and perimeter.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Fame obliterates the function of an artist and of art, which is for me, coming from theater, a place for everybody to process their emotions.
    — Vulture, 24 May 2023
  • But salsa is also more acidic than the others, obliterating some of the bacteria over time.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 12 Jan. 2024
  • More vicious wildfires, like the one that obliterated Maui’s city of Lahaina in August.
    — WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The Bay Area singer-songwriter said the album is loosely about the dual nature of wanting to both honor and obliterate the past.
    — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The audience for the England match on Wednesday is expected to obliterate that record.
    — Molly Hunter, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • And now a second place behind the Netherlands, which obliterated Vietnam, 7-0, to easily top the group.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The few tree lines and structures that would offer cover have been obliterated by shelling, leaving a moonscape.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Missile strikes first obliterated the roof, then the courtyard.
    — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023

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