Annihilate

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To destroy completely.
  • intransitive verb. To reduce to nonexistence.
  • intransitive verb. To defeat decisively.
  • intransitive verb. To convert (a subatomic particle) to energy or high-energy particles by annihilation.
  • intransitive verb. To be completely destructive.
  • intransitive verb. To participate in annihilation. Used of particles and antiparticles.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Annihilated.
  • To reduce to nothing; deprive of existence; cause to cease to be.
  • To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists: as, to annihilate a forest by cutting and carrying away the trees; to annihilate an army; to annihilate a house by demolishing the structure; also, to destroy or eradicate, as a property or an attribute of a thing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Annihilated.
  • transitive verb. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
  • transitive verb. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists.
  • transitive verb. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
  • verb. To treat as worthless, to vilify.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. kill in large numbers
  • Word Usage
    "I remember a “leader” many years ago wanted to annihilate from the world the feeble minded and the infirm along with the other undesirables."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    create  preserver  
    cross-reference
    extirpate  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kill  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form