annihilate

Meaning

1. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
2. (particle) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).
3. (archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.
4. (transitive) To render null and void; to abrogate.

Synonyms

destroy

exterminate

wipe out

eradicate

ruin

eliminate

demolish

decimate

extinguish

kill

🔪🩸👤

obliterate

abolish

kill off

destroy completely

massacre

quash

devastate

carry off

extirpate

dash

💨

get rid of

murder

overthrow

collapse

uproot

expunge

annul

slay

remove

wreck

do away with

cause to perish

disassemble

die out

devour

cease

blast

destruct

interdict

desolate

cancel

bang up

extermination

deep-six

burn

end

🔚

efface

damage

bump off

drub

Translations

vernichten

aniquilar

annientare

anéantir

annihiler

vernietigen

distruggere

annichilire

εκμηδενίζω

aniquilar

exterminar

supprimer

vertilgen

exterminer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈnaɪə.leɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin annihilātus, perfect passive participle of annihilō (“to reduce to nothing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).