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Word entry · 10 letters

annihilate

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"Destroy completely"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaehiilnntStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. kill in large numbers

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin annihilātus, perfect passive participle of annihilō (“to reduce to nothing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also an-.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.

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