obliterate

Example Sentences

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With the Lake Avenue property obliterated, it now operates out of Pasadena’s McKinley School.

From Los Angeles Times

Islamic State emerged in Syria and Iraq in 2014 where it quickly seized control of vast areasbefore being almost completely obliterated five years later in a U.S.-backed counterterrorism operation.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It was a crazy game. The defences have been obliterated. It was absolute madness."

From BBC

Huge swaths of forest were logged and cleared out, obliterating vast areas and rendering them unsuitable for panda habitat.

From Literature

The explosion obliterated a coral island in Bikini Atoll, sucking millions of tons of coral dust into the sky.

From Literature