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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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • annihilative adjective
  • annihilatory adjective
  • unannihilated adjective
  • unannihilative adjective
  • unannihilatory adjective
  • annihilable adjective
  • ˈԾ󾱱پ adjective
  • ˈԾˌٴǰ noun
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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of annihilate1

C16: from Late Latin ԲԾ󾱱 to bring to nothing, from Latin nihil nothing
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"The Hamas murderers will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the 'Witkoff Deal' for the release of the hostages - or be annihilated," he said.

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Netanyahu said Hamas want to destroy Israel and annihilate the Jewish people.

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The carefully constructed boundary between Paul Reubens and Pee-wee Herman was all but annihilated when Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in 1991 at an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Fla., where his parents lived.

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Trump had declared at the start of his campaign against the Houthis that they would be “annihilated.”

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Last month, Trump ordered large-scale strikes on areas controlled by the Houthis and threatened that they would be "completely annihilated".

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