annihilate

UK /əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/ US /əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

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—sorrow's best remedy after all.

2

To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).

3

To treat as worthless, to vilify.

of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us.

4

To render null and void; to abrogate.

5

To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator

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