adj. 清除的；盖销的
v. 消灭；擦去（obliterate的ing形式）

Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of
obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera,
letter. See {Letter}.]
1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable,
as a writing.

2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to
render imperceptible; as, to obliterate ideas; to
obliterate the monuments of antiquity.

The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.

obliterating \obliterating\ adj.
making undecipherable or imperceptible; as, obliterating
mists.

Syn: obscurant.
[WordNet 1.5]