Welp . . .
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Oops. Someone point out thesaurus.com to these two.
obliterate /ə-blĭt′ə-rāt″, ō-blĭt′-/
“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” [trump] said the day of the operation, June 21.
Even that was a weird answer, though, given after-action reports generally take some time. It wasn’t clear how Trump could have reached this conclusion so quickly and definitively. And indeed, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine provided a more circumspect version the next day.
But then Trump repeated the claim on social media. And Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in his own comments on June 22 went even further, declaring that not only were the facilities obliterated, but so too were Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
“Thanks to President Trump’s bold and visionary leadership and his commitment to peace through strength, Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been obliterated,” Hegseth said.
By June 24, Trump followed Hegseth’s lead. “It was my great honor to Destroy All Nuclear facilities & capability, and then, STOP THE WAR!” Trump said on social media."
obliterate /ə-blĭt′ə-rāt″, ō-blĭt′-/
transitive verb
- To remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace. synonym: annihilate.
“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” [trump] said the day of the operation, June 21.
Even that was a weird answer, though, given after-action reports generally take some time. It wasn’t clear how Trump could have reached this conclusion so quickly and definitively. And indeed, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine provided a more circumspect version the next day.
But then Trump repeated the claim on social media. And Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in his own comments on June 22 went even further, declaring that not only were the facilities obliterated, but so too were Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
“Thanks to President Trump’s bold and visionary leadership and his commitment to peace through strength, Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been obliterated,” Hegseth said.
By June 24, Trump followed Hegseth’s lead. “It was my great honor to Destroy All Nuclear facilities & capability, and then, STOP THE WAR!” Trump said on social media."
