annichilare — meaning in English

English meaning

• destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
• nuke noun A nuclear weapon.

Senses

annichilare is used for these senses in English:

• destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
• nuke (transitive, chiefly, US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

destroy — full definition

1. verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
2. verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
3. verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.

nuke — full definition

1. noun A nuclear weapon.
2. noun Informal: a microwave oven.
3. verb To attack with nuclear weapons, or figuratively to destroy something completely.
4. verb Informal: to heat food in a microwave.

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