annihilate
verb (used with object)
to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly.
was annihilating
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past progressiveof annihilate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The sense of a divine omnipotence was annihilating man.
From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by John Richard Green
He had heard of irony; never had he dreamed it could be so crushing: he had heard of sarcasm; but the quiet sarcasm of this unknown young girl was annihilating him.
From Quick Action by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
He would destroy his letter the next day, and think that he was annihilating all proofs of his infamy.
From Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Émile Gaboriau
He seems to mangle them with peculiar gusto, and deals with them as if he was annihilating the Tadpole or Taper of his own “Coningsby.”
From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Mason Jackson
Face to face with death falsehood and deceit vanished, truth alone showed its inexorable countenance, and the effect was annihilating.
From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
