Definition of "obliteration" []

• The total destruction of something (noun)
• The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something (noun)

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• "Use more explosives than shown in the examples on large animals like moose, especially if total obliteration is desired."
• "In situations where total animal obliteration is necessary, it is advisable to double the amount of explosives used in the first two examples."
• "The movie ends as the remainder of Douglas's unit -- about to return to the front and certain obliteration -- sits in a tavern and grows teary-eyed listening to a German song of nostalgia, the final message being that nations 'leaders, not peoples, are the ones who want war."