1. (v. t.) To blot out; to cause to disappear; to efface; to render undecipherable\, as a writing.

2. (v. t.) To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.

3. (a.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.

absolve annihilate black out blot blot out cancel consign to oblivion cross out declare a moratorium dele delete destroy efface eliminate eradicate erase expunge exterminate extirpate forgive kill nullify raze rub out rule out scratch scratch out sponge sponge out strike off strike out wipe out write off