Obliberate
/əˈblɪbəˌreɪt/noun
To obliterate or destroy completely.
Did you know?The root of 'obliterate' is linked to Latin 'obliterare', meaning 'to wipe out', evoking powerful imagery of ancient erasure rituals used by sorcerers.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leʔ-
“to leave, to be free, to lose”
Latin
Latin
obliterare
“to erase, to wipe out”
Late Latin
Late Latin
obliteratus
“having been erased, destroyed”
Middle English
Middle English
obliberen
“to wipe out, to destroy”
Modern English
English
obliterate
“to destroy utterly; to remove all traces of”