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annihilate definition

an·ni·hi·late (ə nīə lāt′)

transitive verb annihilated -·lat′ed, annihilating -·lat′·ing

  1. to destroy completely; put out of existence; demolish an atomic bomb can annihilate a city
  2. to consider or cause to be of no importance or without effect; nullify to annihilate another's ambition
  3. to kill
  4. to conquer decisively; crush

Etymology: < LL(Ec) annihilatus, pp. of annihilare, to bring to nothing < L ad, to + nihil, nothing

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