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   annihilate

   /əˈnʌɪəleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. destroy utterly; obliterate: "a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all"
   • ▪ defeat utterly: "the stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss"
   • 2. convert (a subatomic particle) into radiant energy: "a fraction of the mass of atomic nuclei is annihilated"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘destroyed, annulled’): from late Latin annihilatus ‘reduced to nothing’, from the verb annihilare, from ad- ‘to’ + nihil ‘nothing’. The sense ‘destroy utterly’ dates from the mid 16th century.

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   • 1. annihilator noun

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   When does annihilation end?

   • Killing ends when the thing you are killing (your sworn enemy, all hope, a pesky mosquito) is dead. Annihilate goes farther—when you annihilate something, you wipe all trace of it from the earth. You kill a person, but you annihilate a tribe, a town, or even a species.

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   What does annihilate mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of ANNIHILATE is to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains. How to use annihilate in a sentence.

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   What does it mean when a person is annihilated?

   • When a person is annihilated, they are completely incapacitated. This can occur through various means of annihilation, such as being so entirely drunk or high that they no longer know what's going on.

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   What does Annihilationism mean?

   • Annihilationism means that when a person dies, he dies with an extinction of being and no longer exists. This concept refers to the end of his existence coming at that point, not just physically or as an unbeliever.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › annihilateANNIHILATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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     ANNIHILATE meaning: 1. to destroy something completely so...

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     annihilate translate: membinasakan, menghancurkan. Learn...

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     annihilate translate: vernichten. Learn more in the...

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     ANNIHILATE translate: уничтожать , уничтожать. Learn more in...

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   You kill a person, but you annihilate a tribe, a town, or even a species. It's nice to think that the human race made it all the way up until the 16th century before annihilate came to mean what it does now.

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   Annihilate means to destroy something completely or to defeat someone in a competition. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its usage in different contexts with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Learn the meaning of annihilate, a verb that means to destroy completely or to defeat totally. Find synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and usage examples of annihilate in British and American English.

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    Annihilate means to destroy completely, reduce to nonexistence, or defeat decisively. It can also refer to a physical process of converting matter to energy. See examples, usage notes, and translations of annihilate.