1
as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of
the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success
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as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
the tornado simply annihilated the family's home
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as in bombed
to defeat by a large margin
we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!
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Recent Examples of annihilated
Coming into work every day and watching your portfolio just absolutely get annihilated day after day while everyone’s getting annihilated is an experience that is a generational experience.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Fatu annihilated Reigns with another vicious clothesline and tossed him shoulder-first into the steel ring post.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Mary is willing to be annihilated and remade.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Their radar is 100 percent annihilated.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Their radar is 100% annihilated.
—James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
And when matter and antimatter particles meet, they are mutually annihilated.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The two-time, reigning AL MVP had already annihilated a two-run home run in the first inning.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Yes, Riverdale Ridge annihilated every single Rocky Mountain Basketball league opponent and was hardly tested in state.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Fatu annihilated Reigns with another vicious clothesline and tossed him shoulder-first into the steel ring post.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Mary is willing to be annihilated and remade.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Their radar is 100 percent annihilated.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Their radar is 100% annihilated.
—James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
And when matter and antimatter particles meet, they are mutually annihilated.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The two-time, reigning AL MVP had already annihilated a two-run home run in the first inning.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Yes, Riverdale Ridge annihilated every single Rocky Mountain Basketball league opponent and was hardly tested in state.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annihilated
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The New World screwworm had been declared eradicated in the US decades ago, thanks to efforts such as the breeding of sterile flies, awareness campaigns and efforts to control the pest in foreign countries.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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With this method, called Sterile Insect Technique, the flies were eradicated not just from the US, but from all of Central America.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed more than 350 Ukrainian drones over territories both close to the border but also as further afield as Moscow, St Petersburg, and Novgorod in the country’s west, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Twelve people were killed, including two young boys, in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a four-story apartment building was partially destroyed, local officials said.—
Valentyn Ogirenko,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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In reality, there were three forecast teams—one American and two British—in three different locations in case one of them were to be bombed.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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There’s also a threat of infrastructure such as the airport being bombed.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 in Game 1 on Wednesday night.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Its history, however, must not be erased.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Items that fall in the toilet are soggy, in need of sanitizing, and possibly ruined.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2026
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Our house, ruined by the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, was rebuilt from the foundation up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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As conquerers of the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks have whipped all five boroughs into a frenzy.—
Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Costume bit the tenant’s hands and cheek during the struggle, then whipped a knife out of his pocket and stabbed the tenant in the back of the neck, the tenant said.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
1 June 2026
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More people know about the kafala system, which exploited the migrant workers who built the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup; this was technically abolished in 2017, but workers’ rights issues there remain.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
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Code Noir became toothless when France abolished slavery in 1848, but no one ever formally struck it from the books.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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Israeli forces now control large areas in southern Lebanon and have demolished homes and historical sites.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Two other properties were purchased in 2024, one of which was a barbershop that was demolished, and a third property was purchased in 2025.—
Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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