Obliterate

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. W. Black.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.