annihilate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

   • An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
   • But eagerness in this case, as in most others, annihilated its own delight; down came the tottering height, while the disappointed builder found relief for his sorrow in anger—sorrow's best remedy after all.
2. 2

   To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants,…

   To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).

3. 3

   To treat as worthless, to vilify.

   • of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us.
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   1. 4

      To render null and void

      To render null and void; to abrogate.

   2. 5

      To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.

The neighborhood

• antonymcreateantonym(s) of “to reduce to nothing”
• antonymgenerateantonym(s) of “to reduce to nothing”
• neighborannihilable
• neighborannihilation
• neighborannihilative
• neighborannihilator
• neighborannul
• neighbornihilism
• neighbornihilist
• neighbornull
• neighbornullify