Example Sentences

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They had to engineer the good T-cells to hunt the bad ones without the treatment annihilating itself.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

But Ginsberg cautioned that dehumanization “didn't propose a compassion or tenderness or mutual involvement or Buddha nature as an alternative. It proposed a complete annihilating void and nothingness.”

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2025

This can see insect species proliferate, annihilating many plant species.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2024

It started with Yordan Alvarez annihilating a 1-1 fastball, sending a low line drive like a Tiger Woods’ 1-iron over the wall in deep right-center.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

He had expected Carter to blitz and instead the big guard had pulled back and skirted the line, annihilating Jerry from behind.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier