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ANNIHILATE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they annihilate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it annihilates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: annihilated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: annihilated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: annihilating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

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Meaning:

Kill in large numbersplay

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)

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