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obliteration

/əˌblɪtəˈreɪʃən/

obliterationsubstantiv

obliterations

Pl.

Übersetzungen

The obliteration of the ancient city was a great loss to history.

Уничтожение древнего города было большой потерей для истории.

The obliteration of the old records made it difficult to trace the family history.

Стирание старых записей затруднило отслеживание истории семьи.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

Definitionen

The action or fact of obliterating or being obliterated; total destruction or complete removal.

The obliteration of the ancient city was so thorough that no trace of it remains today.

The removal or sealing of a passage or cavity within the body, especially a blood vessel, duct, or lumen.

Surgical obliteration of the varicose vein helped to restore proper circulation.

The act of erasing or obscuring written, printed, or engraved marks so that they are unreadable.

The obliteration of sensitive data from the document made it impossible to trace the author.

Synonyme

obliterationadjektiv

/əˌblɪtəˈreɪʃən/

Used attributively, e.g. ‘obliteration bombing’; functions as a non-gradable descriptive adjective.

Definitionen

Relating to or intended to cause total destruction or elimination.

The general rejected any obliteration tactics that would endanger civilians.