Definition of annihilate Annihilate

/ʌnajˈʌlejˌt/ - [unayuleyt] - an•ni•hi•late

We found 12 definitions of annihilate from 7 different sources.

What does annihilate mean?

Verb annihilates, annihilating, annihilated
annihilate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
		eliminate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
		kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

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annihilate (v. t.)
To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
annihilate (v. t.)
To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.
annihilate (v. t.)
To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
annihilate (a.)
Annihilated.

annihilate
an-nī′hil-āt, v.t. to reduce to nothing: to put out of existence: to render null and void, to abrogate.—ns. Annihilā′tion, state of being reduced to nothing: act of destroying: (theol.) the destruction of soul as well as body; Annihilā′tionism, the belief that the soul dies with the body.—adj. Annihilā′tive.—n. Annihilā′tor, one who annihilates. [L. annihilatus, annihilāre; ad, to, nihil, nothing.]