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If it had done so, however, nothing should exist: all of the antimatter and matter particles should have annihilated one another.

From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2023

Studies indicate pythons have annihilated the Everglades’ mammal population, with some species — such as marsh rabbits and foxes — entirely gone.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2022

Fire, mildew, carelessness, water, censorship, indifference and a need for cheap paper have annihilated many undoubted masterpieces.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021

Based on what we know about antimatter, all the particle pairs should have annihilated each other, leaving a universe filled with a stable soup of energy and no matter.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2014

The neutrinos and antineutrinos, however, would not have annihilated with each other, because these particles interact with themselves and with other particles only very weakly.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking