- past participle of obliterate.
- past tense form of obliterate.
obliterated
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As a child of refugees from Hitler’s Germany and the descendent of a once-large family tree, many of whose branches were obliterated by the Holocaust, Mr. Moritz registered the diagnosis with mordant irony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
This year's number of summer heatwave days obliterated the previous high of 41 from 2022.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush — a man whose own presidential campaign was obliterated by a reality TV host — called a Pratt campaign video “maybe the best political ad of the year.”
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record in the half-marathon was obliterated by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning in Beijing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
His personality, his sense of himself, had been obliterated.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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