Just imagine the headlines and obliterative outrage if Repubs touring Gitmo got an earful from the troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [July 2005] Reference

The thing about this obliterative weaponry is that it is non-discriminitory and can waft on the prevailing winds hither and yon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Meanie] Reference

The tests showed that diacetyl, a component of artificial butter flavor, can cause a serious condition that can lead to obliterative bronchiolitis or "popcorn lung.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Study: Artificial butter flavor in popcorn can damage lungs] Reference

In the sutures of arteries or veins of larger caliber deposits of fibrin could sometimes be detected on the line of the suture, but never an obliterative thrombosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture] Reference

The authors conclude that these findings suggest that workplace exposure to diacetyl contributes to the development of obliterative bronchiolitis in humans, but said more research is needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Study: Artificial butter flavor in popcorn can damage lungs] Reference

The culturally obliterative acts are a “fate,” he writes, “that we in ‘advanced,’ more ‘complex’ societies have been imposing for many centuries on ‘indigenous’ or ‘tribal’ peoples.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lotus in The Loss] Reference

It is, therefore, necessary to resect or to remove the external sheath from the edges of the vessels, for if, during the suture, it gets between the edges of the vessels or around the silk threads, it very quickly leads to a deposit of fibrin, and possibly to an obliterative thrombus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture] Reference

In the tests, conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIEHS, part of the National Institutes of Health, mice that inhaled diacetyl vapors for three months developed lymphocytic bronchiolitis—a potential precursor of obliterative bronchiolitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Study: Artificial butter flavor in popcorn can damage lungs] Reference

In the tests, conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, mice that inhaled diacetyl vapors for three months developed lymphocytic bronchiolitis — a potential precursor of obliterative bronchiolitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Study: Artificial butter flavor in popcorn can damage lungs] Reference

The green-gray field-uniform is a remarkable piece of obliterative coloration.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Claws of the German Eagle] Reference

I know no din at once so obliterative and brain-shaking as that induced by the passage of a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jonah and Co.] Reference

And when she went on, she ignored the obliterative business suggestion and remained in the narrower channel of the personalities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Price] Reference

The pleura is often involved in active TB disease and this can take on the form of effusions, tuberculous empyema or obliterative fibrous pleuritis.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

To avoid entering a false passage previously created, is often exceedingly difficult, and usually it is better to wait for obliterative adhesive inflammation to seal the tissue layers together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Sworn to the Dark-covered in pentagrams, upside down crosses and the thesis "Sublime is the hand of no pity, that wields a merciless death" - was occasionally atmospheric but generally obliterative, an unexpected step forward for these three nostalgic lords.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories] Reference

Obliteration of the small intrahepatic portal veins in association with prothrombotic disorders linked to HIV infection itself or anti-retroviral therapy seem to be the causes of NRH and thus the term HIV-associated obliterative portopathy has been proposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

When an obliterative endarteritis is threatening a leg with anemic gangrene, or when one lies too long in the same position on a hard bed, there is threatening injury from local anemia, and as a result there is acute pain, but when the obliterative endarteritis threatens anemia of the brain, or when an embolism or thrombosis has produced anemia of the brain, there may be no accompanying pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers] Reference

Why are we never told about that? ") could be unfamiliar with the obliterative effect of watching people shout at one another on a small lighted screen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics in the 'New Normal' America] Reference

(differential diagnoses)  Allergic rhinitis / sinusitis  Large airway obstruction: tracheal FB, vocal cord dysfunction, vascular rings, laryngotracheomalacia, laryngeal webs, extrinsic (lymphadenopathy / tumor)  Small airway obstruction: viral bronchiolitis, obliterative bronchiolitis, CF, BPD (bronchopulmonary dysplasia), heart disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

(3) Plication of the walls of the sac by catgut sutures, as in the Matas obliterative operation for aneurysm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

The record's completely obliterative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference