annihilate[verb]Synonyms: destroy, abolish, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, obliterate, wipe out
Contrasted words: renew, restore, create, discover, invent, fashion, forge, form, make, shape
Related Words: cancel,
efface,
erase,
expunge,
obliterate,
rout [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
an‧ni‧hi‧late /əˈnaɪəleɪt/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: past participle of annihilare 'to reduce to nothing', from Latin ad- 'to' + nihil 'nothing']
1. to destroy something or someone completely:
Just one of these bombs could annihilate a city the size of New York.2. to defeat someone easily and completely in a game or competition:
Tyson annihilated his opponent in the first round.—annihilation /əˌnaɪəˈleɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲