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obliterate

[ə'blɪt(ə)reɪt] брит. / амер.

гл.; книжн.

  1. вычёркивать, стирать; удалять; (полностью) уничтожать

  2. изглаживать (из памяти)

  3. прекращать, отменять, аннулировать

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вычёркивать; уничтожать; стирать

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And sinking into the sea, still warm and friendly and life-giving, is the sun that will soon turn traitor and obliterate all this innocent happiness.
А на горизонте погружается в море солнце, еще теплое, ласковое, животворное, солнце, которое вскоре вероломно испепелит безмятежное счастье.
Clarke, Arthur Charles / The StarКларк, Артур Чарльз / Звезда
Звезда
Кларк, Артур Чарльз
The Star
Clarke, Arthur Charles
On the way back, as I was laying myself out to recover lost ground with the youth, and to obliterate, if possible, the memory of my last and somewhat too fervent speech, who should come past us but the major?
На обратном пути, когда я изо всех сил старался вновь завоевать утраченное доверие юноши и изгладить, если возможно, из его памяти мою последнюю и, пожалуй, слишком пылкую речь, нам повстречался — кто бы вы думали? — майор Шевеникс.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / St. IvesСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Сент Ив
Сент Ив
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
St. Ives
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
It would be vain for him to try to obliterate the traces of his priesthood. He would always wear that mournful pallor and carry the odour of incense about with him.
Напрасно старался бы он смыть с себя следы духовного звания, нет, сан его вечно останется при нем – в грустной бледности лица, в запахе ладана…
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
"Yes, your camp's still visible from the air at low altitude, although another rainy season will obliterate it-"
- Да, ваш лагерь пока виден с воздуха, хотя еще один дождливый сезон - и он исчезнет.
Bujold, Lois McMaster / Shards of HonourБуджолд, Лоис Макмастер / Осколки чести
Осколки чести
Буджолд, Лоис Макмастер
© 1986 by Lois McMaster Bujold
© перевод Т.Л. Черезовой, 1995
Shards of Honour
Bujold, Lois McMaster
© 1986 by Lois McMaster Bujold
Construction of the building could obliterate important archaeological remains, to say nothing of burials on what was once the church’s graveyard.
Строительство новых зданий может привести к уничтожению ценного археологического материала, не говоря уже о захоронениях на бывшем церковном кладбище.
He wished as much as possible to obliterate the memory of the scenes that had taken place in Ireland and never alluded to them or suffered me to speak of my misfortunes.
Он хотел, насколько возможно, вычеркнуть из моей памяти события, разыгравшиеся в Ирландии; он никогда не упоминал о них и не позволял мне говорить о моих невзгодах.
Shelley, Mary / Frankenstein; or, the Modern PrometheusШелли, Мэри / Франкенштейн, или Современный Прометей
Франкенштейн, или Современный Прометей
Шелли, Мэри
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
Shelley, Mary
Entreri thought to obliterate the man's soul with his magical weapon, but he shook his head and dismissed the notion.
Первой мыслью Энтрери было высосать из него всю душу, но он почти сразу передумал.
Salvatore, Robert / Road of the PatriarchСальваторе, Роберт / Дорога Патриарха
Дорога Патриарха
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 2007 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© Е. Фурсикова, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
Road of the Patriarch
Salvatore, Robert
© 2007 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
She could use it to destroy these creatures, to obliterate them as surely as...
Она может с ее помощью уничтожить этих темных тварей...
Brooks, Terry / The Wishsong of ShannaraБрукс, Терри / Песнь Шаннары
Песнь Шаннары
Брукс, Терри
The Wishsong of Shannara
Brooks, Terry
© 1985 by Terrence D. Brooks
Sure, her body would live on but the person inside would be obliterated.
Конечно, тело ее будет жить, а вот неповторимость личности, для которой оно служит оболочкой, исчезнет.
Wilson, Paul Francis / HostsВилсон, Пол Фрэнсис / Пожиратели сознания
Пожиратели сознания
Вилсон, Пол Фрэнсис
Hosts
Wilson, Paul Francis
© 2001 by F. Paul Wilson
These catarrhal manifestations were obliterated and disappeared naturally, without interfering in the therapy process of the main disease.
Катаральные проявления протекали в стертой форме и проходили самопроизвольно, не мешая процессу лечения основного заболевания.
Don't you see that this is something of a different kind altogether, that before you is a man crushed, utterly obliterated by the very passion, from the results of which he would save you, and . . . and for the same woman!"
Разве вы не видите, что тут дело совсем другого рода, что перед вами человек разбитый, разрушенный, окончательно уничтоженный тем самым чувством, от последствий которого он желал бы предохранить вас, и... и к той же самой женщине!
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979
Sometimes he made decisions based on dreams that seemed to be predictive, as when he followed a dream to a cave by the sea, hoping for an obliterating tidal wave.
Иногда он принимал решения, базирующиеся на снах, которые казались вещими, как случилось с поисками пещеры, где он рассчитывал попасть под гигантскую приливную волну.
Koontz, Dean Ray / BreathlessКунц, Дин / Затаив дыхание
Затаив дыхание
Кунц, Дин
© В. Вебер, перевод на русский язык, 2010
© 2009 by Dean Koontz
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
Breathless
Koontz, Dean Ray
© 2009 by Dean Koontz
If we can accomplish the integration of the Earth without obliterating cultural differences or destroying ourselves, we will have accomplished a great thing.
Если мы сумеем завершить объединение Земли, не стирая культурных различий и не уничтожив самих себя, это будет великим достижением.
Sagan, Carl / Cosmos: The story of cosmic evolution, science and civilizationСаган, Карл / Космос: Эволюция Вселенной, жизни и цивилизации
Космос: Эволюция Вселенной, жизни и цивилизации
Саган, Карл
© 2002 by The Estate of Carl Sagan
© Издание на русском языке, перевод, оформление. ЗАО ТИД «Амфора», 2004
Cosmos: The story of cosmic evolution, science and civilization
Sagan, Carl
© 1980 by Carl Sagan Productions, Inc.
But the impression she had left in Lisa's soul was never obliterated.
Но след, оставленный ею в душе Лизы, не изгладился.
Turgenev, I.S. / A House of GentlefolkТургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездо
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
She seemed about twenty-five years old; but perhaps fatigue and wandering had anticipated the touch of time in obliterating the freshness of early youth.
Певице было с виду лет двадцать пять, но, возможно, тяготы скитаний до времени пригасили свежесть первой молодости.
Scott, Walter / The Fair Maid of PerthСкотт, Вальтер / Пертская красавица
Пертская красавица
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
The Fair Maid of Perth
Scott, Walter
© The University Court of the University of Edinburgh 1999

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ə'blɪt(ə)reɪtVerbвычёркивать; стирать; удалять; (полностью) уничтожатьExamples

The entire village was obliterated by incendiary bombs. — Зажигательные бомбы уничтожили всю деревню.

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to obliterate one's footprints
уничтожать следы
obliterating bronchiolitis
облитерирующий бронхиолит
obliterating pericarditis
адгезивный перикардит
obliterating pericarditis
слипчивый перикардит
obliterating pericarditis
спаечный перикардит
multiple obliterating panarteritis
множественный облитерирующий панартериит
obliterating bronchitis
облитерирующий бронхит
congenital obliterating bronchiolitis
облитерирующий врожденный бронхиолит
obliterating hepatocholangitis
облитерирующий гепатохолангит
obliterating endarteritis
облитерирующий эндартериит
obliterated infection
слабовыраженная инфекция
obliterated infection
стертая инфекция
be obliterated / effaced
стираться
become obliterated
стираться
be obliterated / effaced
стушевываться

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obliterate

verb
Basic forms
Pastobliterated
Imperativeobliterate
Present Participle (Participle I)obliterating
Past Participle (Participle II)obliterated
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I obliteratewe obliterate
you obliterateyou obliterate
he/she/it obliteratesthey obliterate
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am obliteratingwe are obliterating
you are obliteratingyou are obliterating
he/she/it is obliteratingthey are obliterating
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have obliteratedwe have obliterated
you have obliteratedyou have obliterated
he/she/it has obliteratedthey have obliterated
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been obliteratingwe have been obliterating
you have been obliteratingyou have been obliterating
he/she/it has been obliteratingthey have been obliterating
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I obliteratedwe obliterated
you obliteratedyou obliterated
he/she/it obliteratedthey obliterated
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was obliteratingwe were obliterating
you were obliteratingyou were obliterating
he/she/it was obliteratingthey were obliterating
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had obliteratedwe had obliterated
you had obliteratedyou had obliterated
he/she/it had obliteratedthey had obliterated
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been obliteratingwe had been obliterating
you had been obliteratingyou had been obliterating
he/she/it had been obliteratingthey had been obliterating
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will obliteratewe shall/will obliterate
you will obliterateyou will obliterate
he/she/it will obliteratethey will obliterate
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be obliteratingwe shall/will be obliterating
you will be obliteratingyou will be obliterating
he/she/it will be obliteratingthey will be obliterating
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have obliteratedwe shall/will have obliterated
you will have obliteratedyou will have obliterated
he/she/it will have obliteratedthey will have obliterated
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been obliteratingwe shall/will have been obliterating
you will have been obliteratingyou will have been obliterating
he/she/it will have been obliteratingthey will have been obliterating
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would obliteratewe should/would obliterate
you would obliterateyou would obliterate
he/she/it would obliteratethey would obliterate
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be obliteratingwe should/would be obliterating
you would be obliteratingyou would be obliterating
he/she/it would be obliteratingthey would be obliterating
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have obliteratedwe should/would have obliterated
you would have obliteratedyou would have obliterated
he/she/it would have obliteratedthey would have obliterated
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been obliteratingwe should/would have been obliterating
you would have been obliteratingyou would have been obliterating
he/she/it would have been obliteratingthey would have been obliterating
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am obliteratedwe are obliterated
you are obliteratedyou are obliterated
he/she/it is obliteratedthey are obliterated
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being obliteratedwe are being obliterated
you are being obliteratedyou are being obliterated
he/she/it is being obliteratedthey are being obliterated
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been obliteratedwe have been obliterated
you have been obliteratedyou have been obliterated
he/she/it has been obliteratedthey have been obliterated
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was obliteratedwe were obliterated
you were obliteratedyou were obliterated
he/she/it was obliteratedthey were obliterated
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being obliteratedwe were being obliterated
you were being obliteratedyou were being obliterated
he/she/it was being obliteratedthey were being obliterated
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been obliteratedwe had been obliterated
you had been obliteratedyou had been obliterated
he/she/it had been obliteratedthey had been obliterated
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be obliteratedwe shall/will be obliterated
you will be obliteratedyou will be obliterated
he/she/it will be obliteratedthey will be obliterated
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been obliteratedwe shall/will have been obliterated
you will have been obliteratedyou will have been obliterated
he/she/it will have been obliteratedthey will have been obliterated