annihilate
verb (used with object)
to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly.
is annihilating
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present progressiveof annihilate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As infatuation consumed her, van den Heever summoned the tonal amplitude to fill out Wagner’s portrait of a love that is annihilating in its totality.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
But knowing, in that immediate and unmediated way, what people thought about my writing felt . . . the word I keep reaching for, even though it seems melodramatic, is annihilating.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 10, 2019
In an age when the megamovie blitz is annihilating the art film and the B film, such expert devotion to the banquet of cinema culture deserves a wider audience.
From Time Magazine Archive
The criticism of such people is not strained—it is annihilating!
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
It is not France that destroys and dissolves Germany, but Germany is annihilating herself.
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
