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obliterated
- /əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/ UK
- /əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪtɪd/ Canada, US
- /oʊ-/ Canada, US
- [-ɾə-] Canada, US
- [-ɾɪd] Canada, US
- /əˈblɪtəˌɹæɪtɪd/ Australia
- [-ɾə-] Australia
- [-ɾɪd] Australia
Where it comes from
From obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).
adjective more obliterated · most obliterated
- Destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair. […] Huck’s confidence in the human race was wellnigh obliterated.
- Forgotten. This thought gave life to her diction, her soul flowed into it, and she soon found the task of recollecting almost obliterated impressions very interesting.
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Very drunk or intoxicated; wasted.
The right of men to get obliterated and do stupid stuff—the fun men have getting obliterated and doing stupid stuff—is so culturally accepted that it's a cornerstone of best man speeches and bro comedies.
Similar: Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken, befuddled, beliquored, besotted, besotten
verb
- simple past and past participle of obliterate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: destroyed, blotted out, devastated, shattered, crushed, cancelled, cancellable, removed, cleaned, disposed, dashed, ruined, urachus, hypogastric, erased, cleared
Talk about this word "obliterated." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/obliterated. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. obliterated. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/obliterated "obliterated." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/obliterated.Cite this
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