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past tense of annihilate
Synonyms & Antonyms of annihilated
1
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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2
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
- the tornado simply annihilated the family's home
Synonyms for annihilated
- creamed,
- decimated,
- demolished,
- desolated,
- destroyed,
- devastated,
- did in,
- extinguished,
- nuked,
- pulled down,
- pulverized,
- razed,
- rubbed out,
- ruined,
- shattered,
- smashed,
- tore down,
- totaled
- (or totalled),
- vaporized,
- wasted,
- wracked,
- wrecked
Words Related to annihilated
- beat,
- bested,
- clobbered,
- conquered,
- crushed,
- defeated,
- drubbed,
- licked,
- mastered,
- overbore,
- overcame,
- overmatched,
- prevailed (over),
- routed,
- scotched,
- skunked,
- subdued,
- surmounted,
- thrashed,
- trimmed,
- triumphed (over),
- trounced,
- walloped,
- whipped,
- won (against)
- blasted,
- blew up,
- broke,
- crippled,
- damaged,
- defaced,
- deteriorated,
- disfigured,
- disintegrated,
- dissolved,
- dynamited,
- harmed,
- impaired,
- injured,
- mangled,
- marred,
- mutilated,
- spoiled
- (or chiefly British spoilt),
- vitiated
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3
to defeat by a large margin
- we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!
Synonyms for annihilated
Words Related to annihilated
- beat,
- bested,
- conquered,
- dispatched,
- hurdled,
- licked,
- mastered,
- overbore,
- overcame,
- overmatched,
- prevailed (over),
- subdued,
- surmounted,
- threw,
- took,
- triumphed (over),
- won (against),
- worsted
- crushed,
- knocked off,
- knocked over,
- overpowered,
- overthrew,
- overwhelmed,
- subjugated,
- upended,
- vanquished
- aced (out),
- bettered,
- eclipsed,
- exceeded,
- outdid,
- outdistanced,
- outfought,
- outshone
- (or outshined),
- outstripped,
- overtopped,
- surpassed,
- topped,
- transcended
- edged (out),
- nosed out,
- pipped
- [British]
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“Annihilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annihilated. Accessed 22 Jan. 2022.
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