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Definition of Annihilate
1. Verb. Kill in large numbers. "They want to annihilate the prisoners "; "The plague wiped out an entire population"
Related verbs: Decimate
Generic synonyms: Kill
Derivative terms: Annihilation, Annihilation, Annihilative, Annihilator, Decimation, Extinction, Wipeout
Definition of Annihilate
1. v. t. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
2. a. Annihilated.
Definition of Annihilate
1. Verb. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Annihilate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Medical Definition of Annihilate
1. 1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. "It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated." (Bacon) 2. 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 annihilate the army." 3. 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. Origin: L. Annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Annihilate
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