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- DictionaryAn·ni·hi·late/əˈnīəˌlāt/
verb
- 1. destroy utterly; obliterate: "a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all"
The meaning of ANNIHILATE is to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains. How to use annihilate in a sentence.
ANNIHILATE definition: 1. to destroy something completely so that nothing is left: 2. to defeat completely: 3. to…. Learn more.
Annihilate definition: to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly. See examples of ANNIHILATE used in a sentence.
You kill a person, but you annihilate a tribe, a town, or even a species. It's nice to think that the human race made it all the way up until the 16th century before annihilate came to mean what it does now.
ANNIHILATE meaning: 1. to destroy something completely so that nothing is left: 2. to defeat completely: 3. to…. Learn more.
an·ni·hi·late. (ə-nī′ə-lāt′) v. an·ni·hi·lat·ed, an·ni·hi·lat·ing, an·ni·hi·lates. v.tr. 1. a. To destroy completely: The naval force was annihilated during the attack. b. To reduce to nonexistence: "He had not just to hide his hunger; so as not to go mad he had to annihilate it" (Philip Roth).
1. verb. To annihilate something means to destroy it completely. There are lots of ways of annihilating the planet. [VERB noun] The Army was annihilated. [be VERB -ed] Synonyms: destroy, abolish, wipe out, erase More Synonyms of annihilate. annihilation (ənaɪɪleɪʃən ) uncountable noun.
