Both Uses of
obliterate
in
The Age of Innocence
- He had been somewhat languidly drifting with events for the last fortnight, and letting May's fair looks and radiant nature obliterate the rather importunate pressure of the Mingott claims.†
Chpt 11 *
- Mrs. Selfridge Merry bore across the room to join them, and it became clear to Archer that here also a conspiracy of rehabilitation and obliteration was going on.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
to completely destroy or wipe out so that nothing remains -- either physically or figuratively