How to Use obliterate in a Sentence

obliterate

verb
  • Curry has a chance to obliterate the mark when all is said and done.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
  • They would all be obliterated as part of a source-of-funds move.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 June 2025
  • Many of these refuges have since been obliterated.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Trump vowed to obliterate Iran’s navy.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That negated the need for so many bombs to obliterate a target.
    — Alex Ward, Vox, 19 Oct. 2018
  • The cask is there to frame that character, not obliterate it.
    — Claire Dodd, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The late-night host then obliterated a donut by shoving one of his hands through the hole.
    — Michaela Zee, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Now home runs are on a pace to obliterate the record set in 2017.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
  • Lasers fly at them, obliterating many.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Will Death of Self live up to their name and end up obliterated?
    — Nicole Roberts, Chicago Reader, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Which, if they were obliterated, why would … never mind.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And how this area may be obliterated by a giant copper mine.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But Henry is well known for having tried to obliterate all traces of his ex-wives.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • Morante’s novels have the drive of a general ready to obliterate the field.
    — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2019
  • The fog, which rolled in around sunset, obliterated the top third of the new building.
    — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2018
  • After a two-hour rain delay, the game was called, obliterating it from the record books.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • After a two-hour rain delay, the game was called, obliterating it from the record books.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • His car wasn't as lucky, with the bumper hanging off and the back windshield obliterated.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Dozens of homes, obliterated in seconds, with the pull of a trigger.
    — Leanne Abraham, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The whole place is obliterated.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Apr. 2026
  • What was the point of all that work, of the white man’s bisnis, if it could be obliterated by a distant wraith?
    — Sean Flynn, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2018
  • An oncoming train has obliterated a car parked on its tracks — and the driver along with it.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The clouds and rain obliterated the moonlight and sealed in the effect of the weather.
    — Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The Chevrons have just been obliterated by the Kiwis in just over two days.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • On home turf, the Samba stars were obliterating every team in their path.
    — SI.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Hamas now seems all-in on its covenant to obliterate Israel, Hoffman said.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Loki responds by aiming his mace to obliterate the old man, ready to snuff out his act of defiance.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
  • And what about the Mason-Dixon line, wouldn’t that be obliterated?
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
  • For instance, the state’s wildfires obliterate our climate goals.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Its wetlands were obliterated by sea wall along much of its 4,493 feet of shore.
    — Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 May 2018

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