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See Letter.]
1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render
undecipherable, as a writing.

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

The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated.

W.
Black.

Ob*lit"er*ate (?), a.
(Zoöl.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the
markings of insects.

Ob*lit`er*a"tion (?), n. [L.
obliteratio: cf.F. oblitération.] The act
of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.
Sir. M. Hale.

Ob*lit"er*a*tive (?), a. Tending
or serving to obliterate.

Ob*liv"i*on (?), n. [L. oblivio,
akin to oblivisci to forget: cf. OF. oblivion.]
1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being
forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.

Second childishness and mere
oblivion.

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