Obliterated in my mind
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Would you say that both of these sentences are natural and (roughly) synonymous?
That ugly incident has already gone into the archive of my life.
That ugly incident is already obliterated in my mind.
(--the speaker has tried to forget some ugly incident in his life.)
Thanks,
Tom
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"obliterated from my mind" seems more normal. ) No, I wouldn't say it means the same as the first one. "archive" suggests a place from which information or memories can be retrieved, not an "obliteration" of such.
- "obliterated from my mind" seems more normal.
- ) No, I wouldn't say it means the same as the first one.
- "archive" suggests a place from which information or memories can be retrieved, not an "obliteration" of such.
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"obliterated from my mind" seems more normal. (Of course, it can't literally be true that something you are talking about has been entirely "obliterated from your mind", but I suppose we can allow a little licence.)
No, I wouldn't say it means the same as the first one. "archive" suggests a place from which information or memories can be retrieved, not an "obliteration" of such.
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