Annihilate

Quick meaning: Annihilate is a verb meaning To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

Meaning

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To render null and void; to abrogate.
2. (mathematics) To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.
3. (particle physics) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).
4. (archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.

Example Sentences

An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.

of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us.

But eagerness in this case, as in most others, annihilated its own delight; down came the tottering height, while the disappointed builder found relief for his sorrow in anger—sorrow's best remedy after all.

Word Forms

• annihilates
• annihilating
• annihilated

Synonyms for annihilate

Depending on context, synonyms include benothing, destroy, eradicate, extinguish, eliminate, decimate.

Antonyms for annihilate

Common opposites include create, generate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eliminate, wipe out, eradicate, extinguish, decimate, obliterate.

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