annichilire

Italian

Alternative forms

• annichilare (uncommon)

Etymology

Variant of older annichilare, borrowed from Latin annihilāre, present active infinitive of annihilō (“I reduce to nothing”), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.ni.kiˈli.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: an‧ni‧chi‧lì‧re

Verb

1. (transitive) to annihilate
2. (transitive) to devastate

Derived terms

• annichilimento

Further reading

• annichilire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana