Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun obliteration

2 senses of obliteration

Sense 1
annihilation, obliteration -- (destruction by annihilating something)
       => destruction, devastation -- (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

Sense 2
eradication, obliteration -- (the complete destruction of every trace of something)
       => destruction, demolition, wipeout -- (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)