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annihilate

[ uh-nahy-uh-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

annihilated, annihilating.
  1. to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly:

    The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out:

    to annihilate an army.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. to annul; make void:

    to annihilate a law.

  4. to cancel the effect of; nullify.
  5. to defeat completely; vanquish:

    Our basketball team annihilated the visiting team.



annihilate

/ əˈnaɪələbəl; əˈnaɪəˌleɪt /

verb

  1. tr to destroy completely; extinguish
  2. informal.
    tr to defeat totally, as in debate or argument
  3. intr physics to undergo annihilation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • annihilable, adjective
  • ˈԾ󾱱پ, adjective
  • ˈԾˌٴǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Ծ···پ [uh, -, nahy, -, uh, -ley-tiv, ‑, uh, -l, uh, ‑], ·Ծ···ٴ· [uh, -, nahy, -, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, ‑-tohr-ee], adjective
  • ܲa·Ծh·e adjective
  • ܲa·Ծh·t adjective
  • ܲa·Ծh··ٴr adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of annihilate1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English adnichilat(e) “destroyed,” from Late Latin ԲԾ󾱱ٳܲ “brought to nothing,” past participle of ԲԾ󾱱 “to bring to nothing,” from Latin an- an- 2 + nihil “nothing” + -, infinitive suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of annihilate1

C16: from Late Latin ԲԾ󾱱 to bring to nothing, from Latin nihil nothing
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Example Sentences

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But Ginsberg cautioned that dehumanization “didn't propose a compassion or tenderness or mutual involvement or Buddha nature as an alternative. It proposed a complete annihilating void and nothingness.”

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The horrendous Pacific Palisades fire annihilated huge swaths of the surrounding community and burned some of the Getty Villa’s grounds.

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Vought was the main author of the Project 2025 plot to annihilate the federal government and turn the country into a Christian Nationalist paradise.

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The tendency to objectify women may in some cases also develop into a desire to annihilate the whole question of female desire, let alone agency.

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On Friday, Caroline's brother David highlighted – as he has done before – that the trial had not just been about Gisèle but about their whole "annihilated family".

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