Read the sentence from Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker," and then answer the question. "When Tom reached home he found the black print of a finger burnt, as it were, into his forehead, which nothing could obliterate." What is the meaning of obliterate as it is used in the sentence?

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Teagan

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1 May, 10:08

Read the sentence from Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker," and then answer the question. "When Tom reached home he found the black print of a finger burnt, as it were, into his forehead, which nothing could obliterate." What is the meaning of obliterate as it is used in the sentence?

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Corey Chaney · Answer 1

The meaning of obliterate is that the black print can not be removed or eliminated. In "The Devil and Tom Walker," greedy Tom makes a deal with the devil, embodied in Old Scratch and "The Black Man." His business succeeds, but his wife is killed, and in the end of the story the devil comes for him.