抹杀
mǒ​shā

obliterate

抹杀 (抹殺) mǒ​shā
obliterate verb
to erase, blot out, or remove traces and evidence

凶手企图抹杀现场的一切证据。

xiōng​shǒu qǐ​tú mǒ​shā xiàn​chǎng de yī​qiè zhèng​jù.

The killer attempted to obliterate all evidence at the scene.

negate verb
to deny, suppress, or ignore the existence of facts, merits, or achievements

任何人都无法抹杀他在这场比赛中的贡献。

rèn​hé rén dōu wú​fǎ mǒ​shā tā zài zhè chǎng bǐ​sài zhōng de gòng​xiàn.

No one can erase his contribution to this match.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.31 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.65 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6

Cross-References

Has variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)