▪ make invisible or indistinct; conceal or cover: "clouds were darkening, obliterating the sun"
▪ cancel (something, especially a postage stamp) to prevent further use:"the special stamp should be placed on the left-hand side and not be used to obliterate the postage stamp"Similareraseeradicateexpungeeffaceblot outrub outwipe outremove all traces ofblank outblock outdeletestrike outcancelcross outink outscore out
Word Originmid 16th century: from Latin obliterat- ‘struck out, erased’, from the verb obliterare, based on littera ‘letter, something written’.