virtually obliterate

Frequency: 6.88.0 per million words

A more formal way to say 'almost obliterate'.

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Examples (10)

  • The explosion could virtually obliterate the small village.
  • Years of erosion had virtually obliterated the ancient path.
  • The new policy threatens to virtually obliterate small businesses.
  • Such an intense storm could virtually obliterate coastal ecosystems.
  • The disease virtually obliterated the entire population of that species.
  • The fierce competition might virtually obliterate their market share.
  • His memory of the event was virtually obliterated by the trauma.
  • The invading army aimed to virtually obliterate any resistance.
  • Technological advancements have virtually obliterated the need for physical media.
  • The heavy rainfall threatens to virtually obliterate the unpaved road.