annihilate

  • 21annihilate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Late Latin annihilatus, past participle of annihilare to reduce to nothing, from Latin ad + nihil nothing more at nil Date: 1525 transitive verb 1. a. to cause to be of no effect …

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  • 22annihilate — verb /əˈnaɪə.leɪt/ To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. Syn: destroy, eradicate, extinguish See Also: annihilation …

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  • 23annihilate — Synonyms and related words: abate, abolish, abrogate, abscind, amputate, annul, ban, bar, bereave of life, blot out, bob, bring to naught, cancel, carry away, carry off, chloroform, clip, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut down, cut off, cut out,… …

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  • 24annihilate — an|ni|hi|late [ ə naıə,leıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to destroy a group of people or things completely 2. ) to defeat an opponent completely and easily ╾ an|ni|hi|la|tion [ ə,naıə leıʃn ] noun uncount …

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  • 26annihilate — an·ni·hi·late || É™ naɪəleɪt v. destroy, demolish; exterminate …

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  • 27annihilate — [ə nʌɪɪleɪt] verb 1》 destroy utterly.     ↘defeat utterly. 2》 Physics convert (matter) into radiant energy, especially by collision of a particle with an antiparticle. Derivatives annihilation noun annihilator noun Origin ME: from late L.… …

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  • 28annihilate — v. a. Destroy, extinguish, quench, kill, exterminate, raze, blast, ruin, nullify, annul, put an end to, put out of existence, blot out, blot from being obliterate …

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  • 29annihilate — verb an ungodly tornado touched down, annihilating everything in its path Syn: destroy, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth; eliminate, liquidate, defeat See note at destroy Ant: create …

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  • 30annihilate — v 1. exterminate, obliterate, discreate, reduce to nothing, eradicate, erase, blot or wipe out, Sl. mop up, efface, dissolve, eliminate, extirpate, destroy totally, decimate, liquidate, massacre, kill off, slaughter, butcher, mow down; undo, cut… …

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