- 1annihilate somebody/something/yourself to destroy someone or something completely The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself.
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- 2annihilate somebody/something to defeat someone or something completely She annihilated her opponent, who failed to win a single game.
annihilate
verbNAmE//əˈnaɪəˌleɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they annihilate he / she / it annihilates
past simple annihilated
-ing form annihilating
NAmE//əˌnaɪəˈleɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] the annihilation of the whole human raceSee annihilate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: annihilate