virtually obliterate
Frequency: 6.88.0 per million words
A more formal way to say 'almost obliterate'.
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- 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.