annihilate

an·ni·hi·late  (-n-lt)

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.

c. To defeat decisively; vanquish.

2. To nullify or render void; abolish.

v.intr. Physics

To participate in annihilation, as an electron and a positron do.

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[Late Latin annihilre, annihilt- : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin nihil, nothing; see ne in Indo-European roots.]

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an·nihi·la·bili·ty (-l-bl-t) n.

an·nihi·la·ble (-l-bl) adj.

an·nihi·lator n.

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annihilate

Verb

[-lating, -lated]

1. to destroy (a place or a group of people) completely

2. Informal to defeat totally in an argument or a contest [Latin nihil nothing]

annihilation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

annihilate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" eradicate, decimate, wipe out, carry off, eliminate, extinguish decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

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annihilate

verb destroy, abolish, wipe out, erase, eradicate, extinguish, obliterate, liquidate, root out, exterminate, nullify, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang)

Translations

annihilate [əˈnaɪəleɪt] vt → aniquilar

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annihilate [əˈnaɪəleɪt] vt → annihiler, anéantir

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annihilate [əˈnaɪəleɪt] vt (also fig) → vernichten

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annihilate [əˈnaɪəleɪt] vt → annientare