Both Uses of
obliterate
in
My Antonia
- Jake was sure he could get through on horseback, and bring home our things in saddle-bags; but grandfather told him the roads would be obliterated, and a newcomer in the country would be lost ten times over.†
Book 1 *obliterated = completely done away with
- I had only to close my eyes to hear the rumbling of the wagons in the dark, and to be again overcome by that obliterating strangeness.†
Book 5obliterating = doing away with completely
Definition:
do away with completely