All 3 Uses of
obliterate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Are you a subject for the mad hospital?" said the wine-shop keeper, crossing the road, and obliterating the jest with a handful of mud, picked up for the purpose, and smeared over it.†
Chpt 1.5obliterating = doing away with completely
- As the captive of many years sat looking fixedly, by turns, at Mr. Lorry and at Defarge, some long obliterated marks of an actively intent intelligence in the middle of the forehead, gradually forced themselves through the black mist that had fallen on him.†
Chpt 1.6 *obliterated = completely done away with
- If there were—Charles Darnay, if there were—" The young man had taken his hand gratefully; their hands were joined as the Doctor spoke: "—any fancies, any reasons, any apprehensions, anything whatsoever, new or old, against the man she really loved—the direct responsibility thereof not lying on his head—they should all be obliterated for her sake.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
to completely destroy or wipe out so that nothing remains -- either physically or figuratively