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 Definitions of annihilate  [əˈnaɪ əˌleɪt]  

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Definition of 'annihilate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) annihilate
to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence.

2.  annihilate
to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out:
to annihilate an army.

3.  annihilate
to defeat completely; vanquish:
Our team was annihilated in the playoffs.

4.  annihilate
to annul; make void.

5.  annihilate
to cancel the effect of; nullify.


Definition of 'annihilate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
kill in large numbers
"the plague wiped out an entire population"


Definition of 'annihilate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) annihilate
annihilated

2. (verb) annihilate
to reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be

3. (verb) annihilate
to destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees

4. (verb) annihilate
to destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness


Translation of 'annihilate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to destroy completely
The epidemic annihilated the population of the town.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: uitroei, uitwis Arabic flag Arabic: يُـبيد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: унищожавам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aniquilar Czech flag Czech: vyhladit, zničit German flag German: vernichten
Danish flag Danish: udslette; udrydde Greek flag Greek: εξολοθρεύω Spanish flag Spanish: aniquilar
Estonian flag Estonian: hävitama Farsi flag Farsi: نابود کردن Finnish flag Finnish: hävittää
French flag French: anéantir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַשְמִיד Hindi flag Hindi: विनाश करना, मिटाना
Croatian flag Croatian: uništiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: megsemmisít Indonesian flag Indonesian: membinasakan, menghancurk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gereyða Italian flag Italian: annientare Japanese flag Japanese: 絶滅させる
Korean flag Korean: 몰살시키다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sunaikinti Latvian flag Latvian: iznīcināt
Malay flag Malay: menghapuskan Dutch flag Dutch: vernietigen Norwegian flag Norwegian: tilintetgjøre, utrydde
Polish flag Polish: unicestwiać Persian flag Persian: نابود کردن Pashto flag Pashto: لیری کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: aniquilar Romanian flag Romanian: a nimici Russian flag Russian: уничтожать
Slovak flag Slovak: zničiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: uničiti Serbian flag Serbian: uništiti
Swedish flag Swedish: tillintetgöra, förinta Thai flag Thai: ทำลายล้าง Turkish flag Turkish: yerle bir etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 消滅 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: знищувати, винищувати Urdu flag Urdu: ستیا ناس کرنا ، تباہ کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: huỷ diệt Chinese flag Chinese: 消灭

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