Synonyms of annihilated

annihilated

verb

past tense of annihilate

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicated
• erased
• destroyed
• abolished
• obliterated
• exterminated
• swept (away)
• expunged
• liquidated
• wiped out
• shattered
• demolished
• effaced
• canceled
• extirpated
• stamped (out)
• cleaned (up)
• blotted out
• killed
• rooted (out)
• ruined
• dismantled
• ravaged
• decimated
• devastated
• blacked out
• discarded
• consumed
• snuffed (out)
• flattened
• wrecked
• rubbed out
• razed
• dissolved
• wasted
• smashed
• pulverized
• devoured
• ejected
• doomed
• totaled
• fragmented
• finished
• dashed
• expelled
• atomized
• splintered
• blasted
• powdered
• excised
• mowed (down)
• terminated
• tore down
• ousted
• dynamited
• blew up
• zapped
• jettisoned
• killed off
• cut
• threw out
• ditched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• preserved
• saved
• created
• built
• constructed
• formed
• made
• manufactured
• shaped
• conserved
• forged
• fabricated
• restored
• fashioned
• framed
• rebuilt
• repaired
• fixed
• reconstructed
• renewed
• renovated
• revamped
• patched
• reconditioned
• mended

2

as in destroyed

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

the tornado simply annihilated the family's home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroyed
• demolished
• ruined
• shattered
• devastated
• wrecked
• smashed
• damaged
• overcame
• decimated
• extinguished
• wasted
• vaporized
• pulverized
• eroded
• razed
• desolated
• ravaged
• defeated
• marred
• creamed
• totaled
• killed
• wracked
• crippled
• crushed
• nuked
• dismantled
• rubbed out
• tore down
• pulled down
• removed
• conquered
• blasted
• disintegrated
• did in
• injured
• subdued
• broke
• dissolved
• obliterated
• harmed
• licked
• clobbered
• eradicated
• impaired
• mutilated
• deteriorated
• mastered
• whipped
• trounced
• thrashed
• routed
• bested
• surmounted
• trimmed
• spoiled
• disfigured
• exterminated
• won (against)
• overmatched
• prevailed (over)
• swept (away)
• scotched
• slaughtered
• defaced
• triumphed (over)
• mangled
• dynamited
• extirpated
• vitiated
• gutted
• liquidated
• wore (away)
• assassinated
• expunged
• plundered
• washed out
• murdered
• beat
• disassembled
• scoured
• trampled
• sacked
• wiped out
• despoiled
• blew up
• executed
• massacred
• effaced
• looted
• drubbed
• vandalized
• dilapidated
• walloped
• pillaged
• blotted out
• dispatched
• trashed
• stamped (out)
• zapped
• skunked
• butchered
• undid
• took down
• rooted (out)
• snuffed (out)
• killed off
• felled
• cut down
• overbore
• slew
• unmade
• took out
• mowed (down)
• havocked
• unbuilt

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• built
• constructed
• erected
• created
• raised
• set up
• repaired
• fixed
• reared
• produced
• put up
• invented
• made
• formed
• assembled
• manufactured
• established
• shaped
• organized
• constituted
• protected
• preserved
• forged
• molded
• fabricated
• saved
• founded
• fashioned
• framed
• instituted
• revamped
• brought about
• patched
• reconditioned
• mended
• restored
• doctored
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• conserved
• fathered
• remodeled
• renovated

3

as in bombed

to defeat by a large margin

we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombed
• whipped
• buried
• overcame
• flattened
• upset
• smothered
• clobbered
• mastered
• routed
• thrashed
• trounced
• threw
• destroyed
• overwhelmed
• creamed
• beat
• dusted
• pasted
• trimmed
• conquered
• smoked
• skinned
• shellacked
• blew away
• topped
• surpassed
• snowed under
• swept
• walloped
• tromped
• waxed
• succeeded
• took
• whupped
• whomped
• drubbed
• exceeded
• scored
• dispatched
• vanquished
• skunked
• crushed
• ate alive
• subjugated
• whopped
• beat the pants off
• slaughtered
• wiped the floor with
• subdued
• capped
• licked
• overpowered
• ran circles around
• surmounted
• bested
• eclipsed
• finished
• overmatched
• transcended
• won (against)
• prevailed (over)
• worsted
• upended
• overthrew
• outdistanced
• outstripped
• triumphed (over)
• knocked over
• outdid
• bettered
• hurdled
• outshone
• knocked off
• excelled
• flourished
• overtopped
• aced (out)
• outfought
• sank
• edged (out)
• broke
• pipped
• overbore
• nosed out
• did in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of annihilated

Atlanta roughed up the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau, then annihilated the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2026

About 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth, kicking up tsunamis and dropping hot debris that annihilated non-avian dinosaurs and many other species. — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

After the gold ions annihilated in collisions and produced new bits of matter, STAR tracked the paths of that debris. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026

Just 75 hours after Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb annihilated another Japanese city, killing 73,000 people. — James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

Here, too, a face is lost in another body—though this time the self is annihilated by desire rather than grief. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

But they were annihilated 140-89, in the playoff elimination loss. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

Instead, El Fasher was annihilated. — Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026

The boardwalk was annihilated up and down the peninsula, crushed into pieces and twisted up like a wooden snake. — Curbed Editors, Curbed, 23 June 2026