ANNIHILATE Synonyms: 244 Similar and Opposite Words

annihilate

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ə-ˈnī-ə-ˌlāt

as in to eradicate

to destroy all traces of the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success

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as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of the tornado simply annihilated the family's home

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as in to overcome

to defeat by a large margin we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!

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Recent Examples of annihilate Their radar is 100% annihilated. —

James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026 The trap confined 92 antiprotons in a vacuum, as any contact with air would annihilate them. —

Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026 Gautier Hamel de Monchenault, CERN director for research and computing, hailed the feat as remarkable, as antimatter is difficult to preserve and annihilates on contact with matter. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026 The latter was to be driven from the Persian Gulf, the former to be annihilated. —

Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for annihilate

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Long-term Management Strategies The best way to completely eradicate ground ivy from your lawn and garden is through constant monitoring and removal methods.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
An invasive worm species is causing problems in the state, and the Colorado Department of Agriculture is asking residents to help eradicate it.

— Maria Braganini, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026