verb
- to destroy completely; to cause to cease to exist
- to defeat decisively or overwhelmingly
Usage: informal
Examples
- The nuclear bomb could annihilate an entire city.
- The wildfire threatened to annihilate the forest.
- Our team was annihilated in the championship game.
- The critic’s review annihilated the new restaurant.
- Time seemed to annihilate all traces of the ancient civilization.
- The opposing army was completely annihilated in battle.