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obliteration

[uh-blit-uh-ray-shuhn] / əˌblɪt əˈreɪ ʃən /




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Now she was grieving the Taliban’s obliteration of the Afghan legal system and her degree, which was effectively useless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

"I think we're right on the cusp of a total obliteration of diesel trucks as a product category."

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

From obliteration to a viable threat in months.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

The problem is that Ronan is also forging her compelling warts-and-all portrait of obliteration and recovery in another type of gale storm, that of undisciplined filmmaking at odds with the patient harvesting of characterization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

Reston was once a country town, and its rural past still fights obliteration, like a nail that won’t stay hammered down.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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