Definitions for: Annihilate


[v] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"



Webster (1913) Definition: An*ni"hi*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.

It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.

2. 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. ``To
annihilate the army.'' --Macaulay.

3. 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.


An*ni"hi*late (an*n[imac]"h[i^]*l[asl]t), a.
Annihilated. [Archaic] --Swift.

Synonyms: carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out

See Also: kill

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