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ANNIHILATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they annihilate ... he / she / it annihilates
Past simple: annihilated
Past participle: annihilated
-ing form: annihilating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kill in large numbers
Example:
the plague wiped out an entire population
Synonyms:
annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; eradicate; extinguish; wipe out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "annihilate" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Verb group:
decimate (kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
annihilation (destruction by annihilating something)
annihilation (total destruction)
annihilative (wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction)
annihilator (a total destroyer)
