obliteration
obliteration Lexical Profile
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• noun
The act or process of destroying, erasing, or removing something completely so that no trace remains.
"Centuries of wind and rain caused the gradual obliteration of the ancient stone inscriptions."
In medicine and pathology, the complete closure or disappearance of a bodily cavity, lumen, or blood vessel, whether through disease, degeneration, or surgical intervention.
"The follow-up scan confirmed the complete obliteration of the abnormal vascular malformation."
In philately, a cancellation mark stamped over a postage stamp to prevent its reuse.
"The rare nineteenth-century stamp remained in fine condition despite a heavy ink obliteration across one corner."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin obliterationem, a noun of action from the verb obliterare ('to erase, efface, or cause to be forgotten'), formed from ob- ('over, against') and littera ('letter, script'), originally referring to the physical striking out of written letters.