ANNIHILATING Synonyms: 246 Similar and Opposite Words

annihilating

verb

present participle of annihilate

as in eradicating

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 destroying

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 overcoming

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

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Recent Examples of annihilating The Death Star, the Empire's planet-annihilating battlestation, has long been the Holy Grail of Lego Star Wars fans. —

Chris McMullen, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026 Trump has said the goals are ending Iran's nuclear capabilities for good, destroying its navy and annihilating its missiles. —

Susan Page, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 So, if the president succeeds in 'annihilating,' in his words, the Iranian navy, then long-term prospects of closure should decline, and that should increase the likelihood that ships will start sailing again. —

David McHugh, Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2026 Its project is annihilating transformation. —

Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 Usually these particles almost immediately disappear again by annihilating each other—but not this time. —

Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026 As the Universe expands and cools, the cross-section drops, and eventually, dark matter stops annihilating away or interacting with anything else in any appreciable way. —

Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026 Indiana’s defense is masterful, a plug-and-play roster that is annihilating opponents without its leading tackler. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026 The ruthless annihilating self-criticism silenced by looking into your big brown eyes, a mirror and a time machine. —

Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025

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Instead of eradicating synthetic food dyes, which is within his purview as health secretary, Kennedy has focused on using his bully pulpit to pressure food companies to voluntarily remove them.

— Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit, filed March 9 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims the plan for eradicating the deer, which have roamed the island for 100 years, was wrongfully approved by the state and needs an environmental review.

— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026