annihilate
verb (used with object)
to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly.
were 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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Jesus had looked on in absolute silence while the witnesses against Him were annihilating one another; nor did He now answer a word in response to the high priest's interruption.
From The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion by James Stalker
The exalted characters, the austere laws, the energetic virtues, the graceful mythology, the thrilling eloquence of antiquity, were annihilating the puerilities of the old Italian rhymes, and creating purer and nobler tastes.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta
