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Word of the day
for April 30
obliterate v
  1. (transitive)
    1. To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
    2. To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
    3. (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
    4. (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
    5. (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To remove completely, leaving no trace.
    2. (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.

obliterate adj (obsolete)

  1. (except poetic) Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated.
  2. (entomology, rare) Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
憚る • (habakaru) verb
  1. to hesitate, to be afraid to do
  2. to throw one's weight around, to make one's presence felt
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