Meaning & Definition of word "Annihilate"

Annihilate

/əˈnaɪ.ɪ.leɪt/

1. to destroy completely; to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence.
- Example: The nuclear bomb had the power to annihilate entire cities.
2. to defeat utterly; to obliterate.
- Example: The champion team annihilated their opponents in the final match.
3. to cause to be no longer in existence; to wipe out.
- Example: The invasive species threatened to annihilate the native flora.
4. to cancel out or negate; to nullify.
- Example: The new evidence could annihilate the previous findings of the study.
5. to make ineffective or useless.
- Example: The new law is designed to annihilate the loopholes in the tax system.

Late Latin 'annihilatus,' from 'ad-' + 'nihil,' meaning 'nothing.'

annihilate the competition:

To completely outdo or eliminate rivals in business or sports.

annihilate one's hopes:

To completely crush or destroy someone's aspirations or dreams.

exterminate:

To destroy completely.

eradicate:

To eliminate or destroy completely.

obliterate:

To remove all traces of.

Meaning: To completely ruin something.

Example Sentence: That exam annihilated my GPA!

Meaning: To utterly defeat, especially in sports or games.

Example Sentence: We annihilated them in the final match!