annihilate
verb (used with object)
to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly.
annihilates
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present tense formof annihilate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“She annihilates people on the steep pitch that’s like a sheet of ice,” Street said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
“It annihilates any hope we have left,” said Paul Naggear, an activist for the families of the blast victims and the father of a 3-year-old who died in the blast.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Meanwhile, deforestation, which annihilates the fungi along with their host trees, disrupts this whole underground, climate change-fighting ecosystem.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022
It shows up unannounced, then annihilates the contours of life until gravity feels capricious — meaning that, when grief isn’t sending us to the floor, it’s floating us outside of our bodies, outside of time.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2021
Also, this sort of farming annihilates the soil.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
