annihilated

past tense of annihilate
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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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Recent Examples of annihilated 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 Otherwise, you get annihilated. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 June 2026 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. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annihilated
Verb
  • Zardari and Sharif also said Pakistan’s fight against terrorism would continue until it is eradicated.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Which fruits and vegetables eradicated polio in the United States?
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Most of the hospitals are taken over by gangs or have been destroyed, and … the economy’s not good.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Two grandparents and their 3-year-old grandson were killed after multiple Russian drones destroyed their home in the Brovary district of Kyiv region, northeast of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early Saturday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That’s because this onetime refuge of Pablo Picasso was bombed to hell less than three weeks before the official end of the Second World War.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In its kinetic war, the US has mostly bombed southern Iran, with more than 1,000 targets hit last month alone.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Cubs offense quickly erased the 1-0 deficit behind four consecutive hitters reaching with two outs in the top of the second.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Athletics erased a two-run deficit with a run in the fourth, two in the fifth and two in sixth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Atlassian is up over 30% this morning after the collaboration software maker, thought to be ruined by AI, reported a great quarter.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • With baseball ruined, the Dodgers will look to avoid their second consecutive series loss via the sweep on Wednesday, sending superstar starter Eric Lauer to the mound against Shota Imanaga.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Arcila scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box in the 50th, then whipped the go-ahead goal past Óscar García for his fourth goal of the tournament.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The bullet apparently whipped across the cab and struck Salgado in the stomach.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Murrill told lawmakers last year that defending the state against these claims consumes an enormous amount of time and resources and that the fund should be abolished altogether.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The controversy intensified in June when the region’s Supreme Court ruled the seats are protected under the constitution and cannot be abolished without a constitutional amendment.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Russian glide bomb demolished six floors of a 10-story apartment block, killing one person and wounding 16 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The facade will join a growing list of other historic sites that have been steadily demolished around Charlotte over the decades.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Annihilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annihilated. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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