annihilate
/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.88 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
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).
verb
To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.
Example Sentences
- "An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city."
- "But eagerness in this case, as in most others, annihilated its own delight; down came the tottering height, while the disappointed builder found relief for his sorrow in anger—sorrow's best remedy after all."
- "of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us."
- "The official Soviet criticism of 'bourgeois philosophy' took for granted that the latter in its various forms was a repetition of the idealist nonsense of Mach and Avenarius, which had been annihilated by Lenin's refutation."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/