annihilate
verb
[ əˈnʌɪɪleɪt ]
• destroy utterly; obliterate.
• "a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all"
Similar:
destroy,
wipe out,
obliterate,
wipe off the face of the earth,
wipe off the map,
kill,
slaughter,
exterminate,
eliminate,
liquidate,
eradicate,
extinguish,
finish off,
erase,
root out,
extirpate,
take out,
rub out,
snuff out,
zap,
waste,
• convert (a subatomic particle) into radiant energy.
• "a fraction of the mass of atomic nuclei is annihilated"
Origin:
late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘destroyed, annulled’): from late Latin annihilatus ‘reduced to nothing’, from the verb annihilare, from ad- ‘to’ + nihil ‘nothing’. The sense ‘destroy utterly’ dates from the mid 16th century.
