Definition of annihilate
- v. t. - To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
- 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.
- 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.
- a. - Annihilated.
- v. t. - To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
- 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.
- 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.
- a. - Annihilated.