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an⋅ni⋅hi⋅late

   [uh-nahy-uh-leyt]
–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME adnichilat(e) destroyed < LL annihilātus brought to nothing, annihilated (ptp. of annihilāre) (L an- an- 2 + nihil nothing + -ātus -ate 1 )
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an·ni·hi·late     (ə-nī'ə-lāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   an·ni·hi·lat·ed, an·ni·hi·lat·ing, an·ni·hi·lates

v.   tr.
    1. To destroy completely: The naval force was annihilated during the attack.
    2. To reduce to nonexistence.
    3. To defeat decisively; vanquish.
  2. To nullify or render void; abolish.
v.   intr. Physics
To participate in annihilation, as an electron and a positron do.

[Late Latin annihilāre, annihilāt- : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin nihil, nothing; see ne in Indo-European roots.]
an·ni'hi·la·bil'i·ty (-lə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) n., an·ni'hi·la·ble (-lə-bəl) adj., an·ni'hi·la'tor n.
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annihilating

adjective
1. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative] 
2. making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert 

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