Sentence examples for virtually obliterated from inspiring English sources

Dylan sang too fast, in a sort of strong, high chant, and he virtually obliterated the melodies — to no purpose.

Their mission is to revive the beef industry that was virtually obliterated under the rule of Joseph Stalin.

Humanity has virtually obliterated itself in a planet-engulfing war which involved chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

It was painstaking, sensitive teaching and, as is often the case with offenders, his previous life of drug abuse had virtually obliterated his short-term memory.

In the second world war, the French city of Caen was virtually obliterated by allied bombing, its precious medieval heritage devastated.

The airstrikes have virtually obliterated Colonel Qaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya command compound in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, and reduced the fighting capacity of the Libyan forces by about 50 percent, according to Pentagon estimates.

But among others the sense of inevitability is overpowering, emphasized by Mr. Putin's maneuvering to improve ties with the West -- officially repairing relations with NATO and reaching agreement with some foreign creditors -- and to proceed in Chechnya, even if that means virtually obliterating Grozny and riding roughshod on human rights.

While these views might well be in line with traditional and conservative women's beliefs in Egypt this statement from the Muslim Brotherhood virtually obliterates any legitimate rights for women -- even though they are half the population and certainly carried their weight in the Arab Spring revolution.

By microscopic analysis, it is usually observed a grossly abnormal tissue with abundant fibrosis, often virtually obliterating the alveoli.

We show that Nampt inhibition with FK866 has catastrophic consequences in activated T cells where it virtually obliterates intracellular NAD+ stores leading to functional impairment and ultimately to autophagic cell demise.

By the end of the 6th century, however, the general decline of the Byzantine Empire's intellectual life and the strong opposition of the church had combined to virtually obliterate astrology, though some practice of reading celestial omens survived in Byzantium as it did in western Europe.