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Definitions for Annihilating
[1] to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
[2] to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out: to annihilate an army.
[3] to annul; make void: to annihilate a law.
[4] to cancel the effect of; nullify.
[5] to defeat completely; vanquish: Our basketball team annihilated the visiting team.
[6] (tr) to destroy completely; extinguish
[7] (tr) informal to defeat totally, as in debate or argument
[8] (intr) physics to undergo annihilation
Words related to Annihilating
annihilateexterminate, liquidate, obliterate, decimate, demolish, crush, quell, negate, extinguish, raze, eradicate, quash, murder, annul, invalidate, ruin, massacre, undo, abolish, nullify
Words nearby Annihilating
annihilateannexure, annie, annie oakley, annigoni, annihilable, annihilate, annihilation, annihilation radiation, annihilator, anniston, anniv.
Origin of Annihilating
e1350–1400; Middle English adnichilat(e ) destroyed < Late Latin annihilātus brought to nothing, annihilated (past participle of annihilāre ) (Latin an- an-2 + nihil nothing + -ātus -ate1)
Other words from Annihilating
an·ni·hi·la·tive [uh -nahy -uh -ley-tiv, ‐uh -luh ‐] /əˈnaɪ əˌleɪ tɪv, ‐ə lə‐/ , an·ni·hi·la·to·ry [uh -nahy -uh -luh -tawr-ee, ‐tohr-ee] /əˈnaɪ ə ləˌtɔr i, ‐ˌtoʊr i/ , adjective
un·an·ni·hi·lat·ed , adjective
un·an·ni·hi·la·tive , adjective
un·an·ni·hi·la·to·ry , adjective
Word origin for Annihilating
eC16: from Late Latin annihilāre to bring to nothing, from Latin nihil nothing
Synonyms for Annihilating
crush, decimate, demolish, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, finish off, liquidate, negate, obliterate, quell, raze, wipe out, abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, erase, expunge, extirpate, invalidate, massacre, murder, nullify, quash, ruin, slaughter, undo, vitiate, wrack, wreck, blot out, do in, root out, rub out, take out