Question

first read: selection vocabulary
identify the choice that best answers the question.
based on its context, choose the meaning of the word obliterate that the author uses in \the devil and tom walker.\
when tom reached home, he found the black print of a finger, burnt, as it were, into his forehead, which nothing could obliterate.
a. make collapse
b. eliminate entirely
c. remove from memory
d. render undecipherable

Explanation:

The sentence says that the black print of a finger was burnt into Tom's forehead and nothing could do something to it. "Obliterate" in this context means to get rid of completely. Option A "make collapse" is about something falling down, which doesn't fit. Option C "remove from memory" is about memory, not a physical mark. Option D "render undecipherable" means making something hard to read, which is not relevant here. Option B "eliminate entirely" makes sense as it implies getting rid of the mark completely.

Answer:

B. eliminate entirely