Obliteration: alternatives and connections

The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.

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The action of reducing to dust or powder.

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The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of wate…

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The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, t…

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The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indisc…

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To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indisc…

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To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

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To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

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The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the na…

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The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

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