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an·ni·hi·late
 annihilate
- pronunciation:
naI
leIt
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
annihilated, annihilates, annihilating |
| definition 1: |
to destroy completely; reduce to ruin.
The plague nearly annihilated the population of the villages.The locusts annihilated the crops.The bombing annihilated whole sections of the city.- synonyms:
- eradicate, exterminate, obliterate, wreck
- antonyms:
- create
- similar words:
- abolish, blast, blot out, consume, decimate, desolate, destroy, efface, eliminate, end, kill, liquidate, massacre, pulverize, ruin
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| definition 2: |
to abolish; make null.
- synonyms:
- abrogate, nullify, undo
- similar words:
- abate, abolish, annul, invalidate, rescind, void
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| definition 3: |
(informal) to defeat decisively; overwhelm.
- synonyms:
- massacre, rout, thrash, trounce
- similar words:
- beat, conquer, humble, trample, wreck
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| related words: |
abrogate, blot out, break, butcher, demolish, raze, remove, shatter, upset |
| derivations: |
annihilation (n.), annihilator (n.) |
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