annihilate
/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/ verb C2- To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. · An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
- To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).
- To render null and void; to abrogate.
- To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.
He/she/it annihilates · Past annihilated · Past participle annihilated · -ing form annihilating
Verb forms
- Base form
- annihilate
- He/she/it
- annihilates
- Past
- annihilated
- Past participle
- annihilated
- -ing form
- annihilating
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