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   annihilate

   /əˈnʌɪəleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. destroy utterly; obliterate: "a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all"
   • ▪ defeat utterly: "the stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss"
   • 2. convert (a subatomic particle) into radiant energy: "a fraction of the mass of atomic nuclei is annihilated"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘destroyed, annulled’): from late Latin annihilatus ‘reduced to nothing’, from the verb annihilare, from ad- ‘to’ + nihil ‘nothing’. The sense ‘destroy utterly’ dates from the mid 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. annihilator noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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