OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 10503

annihilate

/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
anihilar • aniquilar
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
But eagerness in this case, as in most others, annihilated its own delight; down came the tottering height, while the disappointed builder found relief for his sorrow in anger—sorr…
anular
To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator