- obliterate
[obliterate 词源字典]
- obliterate: see letter
[obliterate etymology, obliterate origin, 英语词源] - obliterate (v.)
- c. 1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten," from ob "against" (see ob-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters." Related: Obliterated; obliterating.