obliterate
verb (used with object)
to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
were obliterating
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past progressiveof obliterate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Derek Brown, a bartender in Washington, complained on the Atlantic's online food section recently that smartphones were "obliterating" the bartender's traditional role as "the professor of the people."
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2010
The impression, too, of listening to some one more than usually self-possessed and cynical revived in her mind; and those maliciously drooping lids were obliterating the effect of the brown eyes.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
Already her skirmishers, in a line of little houses, were pushed beyond the canal, and were obliterating the cow-paths.
From The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family by A. R. Waud
The short afternoon would afford him little time, especially as the rain and running rills of water were obliterating the trail.
From The Last Trail by Zane Grey
