obliteration
Example Sentences
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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.
“I believe it was total obliteration,” the president told reporters.
From Salon
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
And an obliteration of this magnitude required a perfect storm of factors that few would have predicted several days ahead of time.
From Los Angeles Times
The director is well aware that the heyday of American musicals on both stage and screen occurred amid the Great Depression, World War II, the Holocaust and the brink of nuclear obliteration.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
