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.