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

This powerful dream sequence shows Sarah and the rest of Los Angeles utterly annihilated by a nuclear blast. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 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

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