annihilate

  • 11annihilate — [[t]əna͟ɪɪleɪt[/t]] annihilates, annihilating, annihilated 1) VERB To annihilate something means to destroy it completely. [V n] There are lots of ways of annihilating the planet... [V n] The Army was annihilated. Derived words: annihilation… …

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  • 12annihilate — UK [əˈnaɪəleɪt] / US [əˈnaɪəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms annihilate : present tense I/you/we/they annihilate he/she/it annihilates present participle annihilating past tense annihilated past participle annihilated 1) to destroy a group of… …

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  • 13annihilate — /əˈnaɪəleɪt / (say uh nuyuhlayt) verb (t) (annihilated, annihilating) 1. to reduce to nothing; destroy utterly: the bombing annihilated the city. 2. to destroy the form or collective existence of: to annihilate an army. 3. to cancel the effect… …

  • 14annihilate — [16] Annihilate comes from the past participle of the late Latin verb annihilāre, meaning literally ‘reduce to nothing’ (a formation based on the noun nihil ‘nothing’, source of English nihilism and nil). There was actually an earlier English… …

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  • 15annihilate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. demolish, destroy; eliminate, exterminate. See destruction, nonexistence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. destroy, demolish, exterminate, obliterate; see destroy 1 . See Synonym Study at destroy . III (Roget… …

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  • 16annihilate — an|ni|hi|late [əˈnaıəleıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of annihilare to reduce to nothing , from Latin ad to + nihil nothing ] 1.) to destroy something or someone completely ▪ Just one of these bombs could… …

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  • 17annihilate — verb (T) 1 to destroy something or someone completely: stock piles of weapons that could annihilate mankind 2 to defeat someone easily and completely in a game, competition, or election: Tyson annihilated his opponent in the first round.… …

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  • 18annihilate — an•ni•hi•late [[t]əˈnaɪ əˌleɪt[/t]] v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence 2) to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out: to annihilate an army[/ex] 3) to defeat completely; vanquish: Our team was… …

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  • 19Annihilate This Week — Infobox Album | Name = Annihilate This Week Type = EP Artist = Black Flag Released = 1987 Recorded = August 23, 1985 June 27, 1986 Length = 11:55 Label = SST Producer = Greg Ginn Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5… …

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  • 20Annihilate the Masses — Infobox Album Name = Annihilate the Masses Type = demo Artist = Merciless Death Cover size = Released = 2004 Recorded = July 2004 at Command Audio in Santa Clarita, California Genre = Thrash metal Length = 13:02 Label = Producer = Reviews = Last… …

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