obliterated
抹消された
解説 Definition
obliterated は obliterate（完全に消し去る、破壊する）の過去形・過去分詞です。文字や記録、痕跡などが抹消された状態、または物が徹底的に破壊された状態を表します。
Completely erased, removed, obscured, or destroyed so that little or no recognizable trace remains. The adjective can describe writing and records made unreadable, physical marks worn away, or objects and places subjected to overwhelming destruction.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
obliterated は obliterate「完全に消す・破壊する」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語末が /t/ のため -ed は /ɪd/ と発音します。文字を覆って読めなくするという語の背景から、an obliterated name、痕跡、碑文、町などが「跡形なく消された」場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Connect obliterated with the base verb obliterate, meaning to erase or destroy so completely that almost no trace remains. It is the regular past or past-participle form, and because obliterate ends in a /t/ sound, -ed is pronounced /ɪd/. Picture an old name covered until it cannot be read, an inscription worn away by weather, or a structure entirely destroyed. The word is much stronger than deleted or damaged: obliterated emphasizes near-total disappearance, erasure, or destruction.
例文
The old address was obliterated from the document.
古い住所はその文書から抹消されていました。
Several names were obliterated before the report was released.
報告書が公開される前に、いくつかの名前が抹消されました。
The inscription was almost obliterated by years of weathering.
その碑文は長年の風化でほとんど消えていました。
obliterated の類義語・関連語
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obliterated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
obliteratedはラテン語obliterare由来で、ob-＋littera「文字」から成ります。もとは「文字の上をなぞって消す」で、literalやliteraryと同根だから、「跡形なく抹消された」という意味が腑に落ちます。
Obliterated is formed from obliterate plus the regular ending -ed. Obliterate comes from Latin oblitterare, meaning to erase or cause to be forgotten, and is associated with ob- and littera, “letter.” The earliest image is of letters or writing being covered and made unreadable. Its meaning later expanded from erasing written marks to removing traces and destroying things completely.
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