Clean and Obliterate

Clean

Clean verb - To remove the dirt from.

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Obliterate and clean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obliterate" instead a verb "Clean".

Nearby Words: clear, cleaned, cleanup, clearing, cleanly

Obliterate verb - To destroy all traces of.

Usage example: in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring

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Clean and obliterate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clean" instead a verb "Obliterate".

Nearby Words: obliteration, obliterating

body	clean body	obliterate body
place	clean place	obliterate place
village	clean village	obliterate village
face	clean face	obliterate face
Other words: tower, ship, planet.

IIRC, the shockwave was actually the outer layer of matter from the star blowing off - much like a supernova - and its density was such that, at the distances involved, it was sufficient to at least scour the planet clean if not obliterate it.

Source: Explosions in Space

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