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annihilate

an·ni·hi·late

UK/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/ US/ʌˈnaɪʌˌleɪt/ uncommon archaic

verb

1.

kill in large numbers

  • “the plague wiped out an entire population”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin annihilātus, perfect passive participle of annihilō (“to reduce to nothing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also an-.

Phrases

  • annihilator method

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