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annihilate

UK
/əˈnaɪ.ɪ.leɪt/
US
/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/

Translations

annihilateverb
annihilated
Past Simple
annihilated
Past Participle
annihilating
Gerund
UK
/əˈnaɪ.ɪ.leɪt/
US
/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/
anéantirAu sens figuré, pour vaincre totalement.
The home team managed to annihilate their opponents with a score of 10-0.
L’équipe locale a réussi à anéantir ses adversaires sur le score de 10-0.
The powerful storm threatened to annihilate the small coastal town.
La puissante tempête menaçait d’anéantir la petite ville côtière.
Additional translations
s’annihilerEn physique des particules, pour des particules et antiparticules.
Synonyms
eradicate
decimate
destroy
obliterate
exterminate
extinguish
eliminate
wipe out
Antonyms
create
build
construct
generate

Definitions

annihilateverb
To destroy completely or reduce to nonexistence.
The powerful storm threatened to annihilate the small coastal town.
To defeat utterly or decisively.
The home team managed to annihilate their opponents with a score of 10-0.
Physics: (of a particle and its antiparticle) to collide and convert their mass into energy, typically in the form of photons.
When a positron meets an electron, the two particles annihilate and release gamma radiation.
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