How to Use obliterate in a Sentence

obliterate

verb
Definition of obliteratenext
Synonyms for obliteratenext
  • Now home runs are on a pace to obliterate the record set in 2017.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
  • The first team to obliterate the spell will win the series.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2022
  • Curry has a chance to obliterate the mark when all is said and done.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Kill the galanthi, close the portal, obliterate hope and achieve world peace, or so goes the Free Life thinking.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 17 May 2021
  • The cask is there to frame that character, not obliterate it.
    — Claire Dodd, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Dozens of homes, obliterated in seconds, with the pull of a trigger.
    — Leanne Abraham, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • His car wasn't as lucky, with the bumper hanging off and the back windshield obliterated.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 30 Nov. 2019
  • But Henry is well known for having tried to obliterate all traces of his ex-wives.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • The Bears came out on fire just a week removed from being obliterated by a Sun Belt squad.
    — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • But Medvedev obliterated Djokovic’s dream, via a straight-set blowout.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Tehran can’t sit back and watch Israel obliterate Hamas.
    — Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Hamas now seems all-in on its covenant to obliterate Israel, Hoffman said.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Even the rust and rot can’t obliterate the charm of this no-frills, old-school field, with its precise lines of elegant sycamores shading many of the bleachers.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 20 Nov. 2020
  • To put that into perspective, a dose of 10 Gy is enough to obliterate a human.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • This event won’t reach the heights of the punishing heat dome that obliterated records in the region in June 2021 and contributed to hundreds of deaths.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
  • The outfield wall in Dodger Stadium was obliterated in the process.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 4 June 2023
  • By not jumping on this train, Team USA is going to be obliterated by it.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
  • Speas, who was away from baseball, has obliterated Double-A hitters for the last month.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
  • How the tiny critter doesn’t obliterate its own fist is due, in part, to a web of natural shock absorbers beneath.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has a chance to obliterate records during the last three regular-season games.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 Dec. 2020
  • First, the Padres obliterated the script for a sleepy seaside place more head-and-heart connected to sunsets than sports for decades.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Unless, for a hero of the counterculture like Gordon, obliterating the brand is, in fact, the brand.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In 2019, major league hitters obliterated the record for home runs in a season.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2020
  • This quick circuit is designed to obliterate your quads.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
  • And the team that could make that pick, the Miami Dolphins, opened the season by getting obliterated by the Ravens on Sunday.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2019
  • If one nation strikes, the thinking goes, we are all obliterated.
    — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But even with some erosion, the Games will still obliterate the competition.
    — Marisa Guthrie, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2019
  • How modern weapons can obliterate the human body so there’s nothing left to bring home.
    — Erika Kinetz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In his first at-bat of the game, Ohtani collected his first hit with the bases empty this postseason, completely obliterating a 91-mph sinker by José Quintana that remained over the heart of the plate.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The war has obliterated any hope of such an agreement in the immediate term, with polls displaying record-low levels of support among Israelis for pursuing one.
    — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024

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