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Meaning of 'annihilate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Annihilate [ a.]
- Annihilated.
2 . Annihilate [ v. t.]
- To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to 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 down the trees.
- To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.

Meaning of 'annihilate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . annihilate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- kill in large numbers
Example in sentence:
  • the plague wiped out an entire population

Nearby Words:

ann anna annal annalist annalistic annalize annals annat annates annats

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