Example Sentences

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Hurricanes have obliterated parts of the Gulf Coast, dumping more than 50 inches of rain in some places.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2023

This should have obliterated Arizona’s entirely circumstantial case.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022

Meanwhile the Homeland Security inspector general issued a stunning alert last week, while Congress was gone, saying the numbers of people have obliterated the Border Patrol’s ability to cope.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2019

As to why we do not witness people using internal compasses to navigate today, modern life may have obliterated their relatively weak operation in humans, it is argued.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2019

Oppression and the fear of learning have obliterated almost all memory of ancient Alexandria.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan