Obliteration
[uh-blit-uh-rey-shuh n] /əˌblɪt əˈreɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
the act of or the state of being .
2.
Pathology, Surgery. the removal of a part as a result of disease or surgery.
n.
1650s, from Late Latin obliterationem (nominative obliteratio), noun of action from past participle stem of obliterare (see obliterate).
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