verb

annihilate

uh-NEYE-uh-layt

verb

To destroy completely; to wipe out entirely.

"The bombing raid annihilated the enemy supply lines."

"Our team was annihilated in the final round."

Physics: for a particle and its antiparticle to collide and convert entirely into energy.

"When an electron and a positron meet, they annihilate and release gamma rays."

How to Use Annihilate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo destroy something so completely that nothing is left of it.

Common pairings

annihilate the enemy utterly annihilate

annihilated past tense, annihilates singular

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The bombing raid _____ the enemy supply lines.

From Latin annihilare, "to reduce to nothing," from ad- ("to") + nihil ("nothing").

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