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1 obliterate
obliterate [ə'blɪtəreɪt](a) (destroy, erase → figures, footprints, traces etc) effacer; (→ the past, a culture) annihiler; (→ buildings, town, evidence) détruire;∎ the town was all but obliterated during the war la ville a été quasiment rayée de la carte pendant la guerre;∎ to obliterate the past faire table rase du passé(b) (cancel → stamp) oblitérer -
2 obliterate
obliterate [əˈblɪtəreɪt]* * *[ə'blɪtəreɪt]transitive verb2) ( cover) masquer [sun, view]3) ( erase from mind) effacer [memory] -
3 obliterate
1 (rub out, remove) effacer [trace, print, word] ; the village was completely obliterated le village a été rayé de la carte ;2 ( cover) masquer [sun, view] ;3 ( erase from mind) effacer [memory] ;4 ( cancel) oblitérer [stamp]. -
4 obliterate
[ə'blitəreit]1) (to cover, to prevent from being visible: The sand-storm obliterated his footprints.) effacer2) (to destroy completely: The town was obliterated by the bombs.) rayer -
5 obliterate, to
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6 black
A n1 ( colour) noir m ; in black en noir ; to wear black gen porter du noir, s'habiller en noir ; ( in mourning) porter le deuil ;3 Fin to be in the black être créditeur/-trice ; to stay in the black maintenir un solde créditeur ; to put sb back in the black permettre à qn de sortir du rouge ;4 Games (in chess, draughts) noirs mpl ; ( in roulette) noir m ; I'll be black je prends les noirs ;B adj1 ( dark) [car, cloud, hair, paint] noir ; [night] obscur ; to paint/dye sth black peindre/teindre qch en noir ; to go ou turn black devenir noir, noircir ;2 (African, Afro-Caribbean) ( also Black) [skin, community, culture, president] noir ; [school] pour les Noirs ; a black man/woman un Noir/une Noire ;4 ( dirty) [face, mark, towel] noir ;5 ( macabre) [comedy, humour] noir ;6 ( gloomy) [mood, picture, thoughts] noir ; [despair] profond ; [future, prospect] sombre ; [news, day, week] mauvais ; it was a black day for us when he left le jour où il est parti a été un mauvais jour pour nous ; she's in one of her black moods elle est d'humeur noire ; things are looking black for us les choses se présentent mal pour nous ; Black Monday Fin Lundi noir ;7 ( angry) [look] meurtrier/-ière ; [mood] massacrant ; his face was as black as thunder on lisait dans ses yeux une colère noire ;C vtr1 ( put black onto) noircir [sb's face, hands] ; cirer [boots] ; to black one's face/hands se noircir le visage/les mains ;3 GB ( boycott) boycotter.as black as coal/soot noir comme du charbon/de la suie. ⇒ blue.■ black out:▶ black out [person] s'évanouir ;▶ black [sth] out, black out [sth]2 ( cut power) couper le courant dans [area] ;3 ( suspend broadcasting) interrompre la diffusion de [programme] ;4 ( obliterate) rayer (d'un gros trait noir) [name, word].■ black up [actor] se noircir le visage.
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