obliterate
verb (used with object)
to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
had obliterated
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past perfectof obliterate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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With five months still to go in the fiscal year, that figure is already nearly equal to the 98 caught in all of 2022 — a number that had obliterated all previous records.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023
He was the last survivor of a 20,000-man Japanese garrison that U.S. forces had obliterated when retaking the American territory in 1944.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2022
I had obliterated a third of my life and had failed at almost everything.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2018
But Venezuela’s economy collapsed on so many levels that inflation had obliterated his salary, along with his hopes of preserving a middle-class life.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2016
After she had obliterated three years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
