obliteration
Example Sentences
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"Operation Midnight Hammer was a complete and total obliteration of the Nuclear Dust sites in Iran," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, adding: "Therefore, digging it out will be a long and difficult process."
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
These newcomers, however, have no stake in the comradely game’s continuation, and are in fact dedicated to its obliteration: They want to take the game’s money away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Speaking at The Hague where he attended a Nato summit on Wednesday, Trump said of the strikes: "It was very severe. It was obliteration."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
They’re minors in the modern world, where naivete is a currency that buys a one-way ticket to the obliteration of their innocence.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
I have given up, too, on oil paints; I have come to dislike their thickness, their obliteration of line, their look of licked lips, the way they call attention to the brushstrokes of the painter.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
