annihilate
verb (used with object)
to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly.
will annihilate
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future tenseof annihilate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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In the absence of any external forces, electromagnetic or gravitational, the clouds of both the particle and antiparticle will overlap, and they will annihilate each other.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023
“We will crush this pandemic. We will annihilate it. We’ll get past this, but we’re going to have to be tougher and we’re going to have to be smarter in terms of our approaches.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
These matter-antimatter pairs are otherwise very similar but will annihilate when brought together.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
You will annihilate any creative fashion content and turn the whole thing into a turgid country-club ball.”
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2013
They are the spontaneous enemies of truth, because they justly apprehend it will annihilate their pretensions.
From Letters to Eugenia or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices by Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach
