1. kill, obliterate, wipe out

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

Example Sentences:
'kill these lines in the President's speech'

• kill
• wipe out

2. blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

Example Sentences:
'a hidden message'
'a veiled threat'

• blot out
• hide
• obscure
• veil

3. efface, obliterate

remove completely from recognition or memory

Example Sentences:
'efface the memory of the time in the camps'

• efface

4. obliterate

do away with completely, without leaving a trace

5. blotted out, obliterate, obliterated

reduced to nothingness

• blotted out
• obliterated