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[syn: annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(p)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
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It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
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2. 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. "To
annihilate the army." --Macaulay.
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3. 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
annihilated \annihilated\ adj.
1. 1 destroyed completely.
Syn: exterminated, wiped out(predicate).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
annihilated
adj 1: destroyed completely [syn: annihilated, exterminated,
wiped out(p)]