annihilate
verb (used with object)
to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly.
had annihilated
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past perfectof annihilate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The unending rejection of an actor's life had annihilated much of her spirit, and an unhappy marriage had taken care of the rest.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2020
But more so, he says, "the cynicism of this generation had annihilated the innocent world the narrator had grown up in."
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2015
The appointment of the bishops re-constituted an Albanian Catholic Church hierarchy that Hoxha had annihilated.
From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2014
No one cared how many sleepless nights and toilsome hours I had passed, while all with one voice declared, that Siegesbeck had annihilated me.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
After the varsity had annihilated Worry's “kids,” as they had come to be known, the students showed no further interest.
From The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey
