annihilate
Origin of annihilate
Synonyms for annihilate
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exterminate, liquidate, obliterate, decimate, demolish, crush, quell, negate, extinguish, raze, eradicate, quash, murder, annul, invalidate, ruin, massacre, undo, abolish, nullifyExamples from the Web for annihilate
Contemporary Examples of annihilate
The J in its name actually stands for Jian—annihilate, eliminate.
“Thirty minutes alone with a man is enough for him to annihilate you,” she remarks, knowingly.
Finally there was the atomic bomb (and the Cold War it created): machine threatened to annihilate all of mankind.
He then went on to compare us to Amalek, the Biblical nation that God commands the Jews to annihilate.
The consequences of the repeated failed attempts to annihilate Israel should and will be reflected in the final status.
Historical Examples of annihilate
Our presence bestows not being on it: our absence does not annihilate it.
She can create and annihilate, and dispose at pleasure her woods, her rocks, and her rivers.
Modern Painters Volume II (of V)John Ruskin
At such times, Mr. Quinn felt as if he could annihilate an Englishman.
Changing WindsSt. John G. Ervine
He tried to close his senses, to subdue and annihilate them.
Abbe Mouret's TransgressionEmile Zola
Nothing is more difficult than to expose or annihilate a falsehood.
The Cat of BubastesG. A. Henty