obliterate
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But the full force of energy bursting from Cyclops' visor should obliterate those cobwebs.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Nearly 60 years later, Congress has done all it can to obliterate that mission.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2025
She does not obliterate herself, as Tár would demand — she frees herself.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025
And why does it feel like large swaths of the local hip-hop world not only want to pretend that the killing never happened, but simultaneously obliterate all evidence of Drakeo’s era-defining impact?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
Staring at the inside of the locker, like looking into an upright coffin, he felt as though someone was trying to obliterate him, remove all traces of his existence, his presence in the school.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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