obliteration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun destruction by annihilating something
    annihilation.
  2. noun the complete destruction of every trace of something
    eradication.

WordNet

Ob*lit`er*a"tion noun
Etymology
L. obliteratio: cf.F. oblitération.
Definitions
  1. The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction. Sir. M. Hale.

Webster 1913