annihilator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that annihilates.
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Mathematics. the set of all linear functionals that map to zero all elements of a given subset of a vector space.
Etymology
Origin of annihilator
First recorded in 1690–1700; annihilate + -or 2
Example Sentences
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You also step away from the narrative to ask, "What is a psychopath? What is narcissistic personality? What does it mean to be a family annihilator?"
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2021
The show mixes 66-million-year-old teeth with the latest 3-D prints of dino bones, and presents new models of T. rex as a baby, a juvenile and a full-grown annihilator.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020
The show mixes 66-million-year-old teeth with the latest 3-D prints of dino bones, and also presents new models of T. rex as a baby, a juvenile and a full-grown annihilator.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2019
That beauty is one of the themes of St. George Day, an annual Staten Island festival that sounds like a celebration of legend’s greatest dragon annihilator.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015
Again we proceeded by motor-car, that great annihilator of distance in a foreign land.
From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins
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