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Obliterate vs Unobliterated - What's the difference?

obliterate | unobliterated |

As a verb obliterate

is to remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy.

As an adjective unobliterated is

not obliterated.

obliterate

English

Verb

(obliterat)
  • To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy.
  • * (1841-1898)
  • *:The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated .
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    unobliterated

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not obliterated.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1835, author=Edward Bulwer Lytton, title=Rienzi, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He re-entered the Place of the Capitol--he stood by the staircase of the Lion; there was a red stain upon the pavement, unobliterated since Montreal's execution, and the Senator drew himself aside with an inward shudder. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1876, author=William Sanday, title=The Gospels in the Second Century, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It should be noticed however that he too distinctly says that Joseph was of the tribe of Judah (Dial. 78) and that his family came from Bethlehem, which looks very much like an unobliterated trace of the same inconsistency. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1910, author=Helen Keller, title=The Song of the Stone Wall, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=These embossed books, unobliterated by the tears and laughter of Time, Are signed with the vital hands of undaunted men. }}