obliterate + noun phrase
The explosion obliterated the entire building.
爆炸彻底摧毁了整栋建筑。
彻底摧毁；消灭；抹去
obliterates — third person singular of obliterate
擦掉；涂掉；删除；遮盖；掩盖；隐藏；（使）闭塞；阻塞；封堵；盖销（邮票）；彻底摧毁,不留痕迹。
To destroy completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out. Also: to be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
彻底摧毁,不留痕迹。
To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
掩盖,隐藏。
To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
抹去,删掉。
To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
使腔隙或血管闭塞。
To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
盖邮戳注销邮票。
To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
被完全摧毁。
To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
腔隙或血管闭塞,灌注或脉搏停止。
Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
一般现在时
He obliterates all evidence.
他销毁所有证据。
一般过去时
The bomb obliterated the entire building.
炸弹彻底摧毁了整栋建筑。
现在完成时
They have obliterated the old records.
他们已清除旧记录。
及物动词，规则变化
The volcanic eruption obliterated the entire village.
火山爆发彻底摧毁了整个村庄。
用法提示：过去时动词形式，表示彻底摧毁。
Regular exercise can help obliterate stress and anxiety.
定期锻炼有助于消除压力和焦虑。
用法提示：情态动词后动词原形，表示消除抽象事物。
The government plans to obliterate the slums and build new housing.
政府计划拆除贫民窟并建造新住宅。
用法提示：不定式结构，表示有计划地彻底清除。
The explosion obliterated the entire building.
爆炸彻底摧毁了整栋建筑。
常用被动结构强调结果，from/in后接地点或范围。
The ancient inscriptions had been obliterated by erosion.
古老的铭文已被侵蚀抹去。
She tried to obliterate the painful memory from her mind.
她试图从脑海中抹去那段痛苦的记忆。
常与程度副词连用强调彻底性。
The virus completely obliterated the computer's hard drive.
病毒完全损坏了电脑的硬盘。
语气比 obliterate 更强烈，常指核武器般的彻底摧毁，不留任何痕迹。
强调彻底根除，多用于疾病、贫困、问题等抽象事物，不强调物理摧毁。
非正式语，常用于人口、村庄、物种等群体被彻底消灭，口语中很常见。
暗指大规模杀戮，尤其针对害虫或特定敌对群体，语气冷酷。
通常指摧毁建筑物等实体结构，常为故意行为，不强调“无痕”这一层。
grammar · medium
易错句子The earthquake obliterated.
正确表达The earthquake obliterated the city.
obliterate是及物动词，必须带宾语，不能单独使用表示'被摧毁'。应明确被摧毁的对象。
grammar · medium
易错句子The village obliterated by the bomb.
正确表达The village was obliterated by the bomb.
obliterate是及物动词，在被动语态中需要助动词be，不能直接使用过去分词作谓语。
eliminate 侧重去除或淘汰，不一定完全抹去痕迹；obliterate 强调彻底擦除、不留痕迹。
eradicate 常指根除疾病、问题等，强调彻底消灭源头；obliterate 可指物理擦除或记忆抹去，不限于抽象概念。
彻底摧毁城市
The earthquake obliterated the entire city.
地震彻底摧毁了整座城市。
彻底消灭敌人
The army launched an attack to obliterate the enemy.
军队发动进攻以彻底消灭敌人。
抹去所有痕迹
The explosion obliterated all traces of the building.
爆炸彻底抹去了这栋建筑的所有痕迹。
抹去记忆
He tried to obliterate the memory of the accident.
他试图抹去对那场事故的记忆。
完全遮住景色
The thick fog obliterated the view of the mountain.
浓雾完全遮住了山的景色。
消除区别
The internet has obliterated the distinction between work and leisure.
互联网消除了工作与休闲之间的区别。
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ob-（朝向/覆盖）+ liter（字母）+ -ate（构成动词）。同根：literal（字面的）、literature（文学）、literary（文学的）、illiterate（不识字的）；同前缀：obstruct（阻碍）；同后缀：activate（激活）、navigate（航行）。
彻底击败竞争对手，使对手一败涂地
Their innovative design obliterated the competition in this year's awards.
他们创新性的设计在今年的评选中彻底击败了竞争对手。
把……从记忆中彻底抹去，完全忘记
She wished she could obliterate that embarrassing moment from her memory.
她真希望自己能彻底忘记那个尴尬的时刻。
彻底消除……之间的区别，抹杀……之间的界限
The digital age has obliterated the distinction between reality and simulation.
数字时代彻底消除了现实与模拟之间的区别。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.