half-obliterated
- a word derived from obliterated.
Example Sentences
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The half-obliterated frescoes of the domed vaulting of the western apse indicate that it was completed after the pure Italian manner at a considerably later time than the opposite end.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche
Each nation locates it according to its own knowledge of geography and vague, half-obliterated memories.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
“We have to stop here and put the lights out,” 119 he added, seeing a gaunt post beside the road on which was a half-obliterated sign.
From Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam by Emerson, Alice B.
Near the dock-house they saw some half-obliterated tracks in the snow.
From Flamsted quarries by Nelson, G. Patrick
On the bottom-land, concealed by shrubbery, are the half-obliterated outlines of square and circular buildings.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various
