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ә.blitә'reiʃәn3 senses · 325 ms
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noun
  1. 1

    The total destruction of something.countableuncountable

    • This illustration depicts exoplanet Kepler-1658b (left), doomed to eventual obliteration by its aging host star.
    • Stark before-and-after images reveal the obliteration of Bakhmut [title]
  2. 2

    The concealing or covering of something.countableuncountable

    • Winter, in coming to the country hereabout, advanced in well-marked stages, wherein might have been successively observed the retreat of the snakes, the transformation of the ferns, the filling of the pools, a rising of fogs, the embrowning
  3. 3

    The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.countableuncountable

    • Because he refused to protect his brother's name from obliteration, he acquires a derogatory nickname.
  4. 4

    The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thcountableuncountable

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