annihilate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin annihilō (“I reduce to nothing”), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
annihilate (third-person singular simple present annihilates, present participle annihilating, simple past and past participle annihilated)
[edit] Synonyms
- (to reduce to nothing) benothing, destroy, eradicate, extinguish
- See also Wikisaurus:destroy
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[edit] Translations
to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate
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[edit] External links
- annihilate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- annihilate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
annihilāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of annihilō
