Synonyms of annihilates

annihilates

verb

present tense third-person singular of annihilate

1

as in eradicates

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

• eradicates
• erases
• abolishes
• destroys
• obliterates
• effaces
• cancels
• shatters
• demolishes
• liquidates
• exterminates
• stamps (out)
• sweeps (away)
• wipes out
• expunges
• kills
• roots (out)
• extirpates
• cleans (up)
• dismantles
• ravages
• blots out
• decimates
• snuffs (out)
• blacks out
• devastates
• ruins
• flattens
• consumes
• discards
• dissolves
• rubs out
• smashes
• devours
• wastes
• pulverizes
• wrecks
• ejects
• atomizes
• expels
• fragments
• mows (down)
• razes
• dooms
• terminates
• zaps
• dashes
• finishes
• totals
• blasts
• ditches
• ousts
• kills off
• blows up
• tears down
• powders
• jettisons
• excises
• dynamites
• splinters
• throws out
• cuts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• preserves
• saves
• creates
• conserves
• builds
• makes
• manufactures
• constructs
• forms
• shapes
• restores
• forges
• frames
• repairs
• reconstructs
• renews
• fashions
• fabricates
• fixes
• rebuilds
• renovates
• reconditions
• mends
• revamps
• patches

2

as in destroys

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

the tornado simply annihilated the family's home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• demolishes
• shatters
• ruins
• devastates
• smashes
• wrecks
• overcomes
• damages
• decimates
• extinguishes
• erodes
• wastes
• vaporizes
• pulverizes
• razes
• ravages
• desolates
• kills
• dismantles
• cripples
• wracks
• mars
• removes
• subdues
• crushes
• defeats
• nukes
• pulls down
• tears down
• totals
• breaks
• injures
• rubs out
• conquers
• does in
• blasts
• disintegrates
• creams
• impairs
• dissolves
• obliterates
• eradicates
• clobbers
• surmounts
• disfigures
• mutilates
• deteriorates
• trounces
• spoils
• thrashes
• harms
• vitiates
• masters
• licks
• wins (against)
• prevails (over)
• bests
• undoes
• defaces
• exterminates
• routs
• mangles
• whips
• beats
• trims
• wallops
• assassinates
• slays
• effaces
• triumphs (over)
• disassembles
• expunges
• slaughters
• scours
• liquidates
• overbears
• tramples
• plunders
• unmakes
• wears (away)
• dynamites
• sweeps (away)
• extirpates
• blows up
• vandalizes
• executes
• despoils
• trashes
• guts
• scotches
• murders
• stamps (out)
• washes out
• drubs
• wipes out
• overmatches
• zaps
• loots
• takes down
• pillages
• roots (out)
• cuts down
• blots out
• dispatches
• sacks
• snuffs (out)
• kills off
• mows (down)
• massacres
• unbuilds
• skunks
• takes out
• fells
• dilapidates
• butchers
• havocs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• creates
• raises
• constructs
• erects
• repairs
• produces
• sets up
• rears
• doctors
• makes
• invents
• establishes
• fixes
• constitutes
• manufactures
• puts up
• protects
• assembles
• forms
• organizes
• shapes
• preserves
• saves
• reconditions
• founds
• fathers
• institutes
• mends
• restores
• brings about
• revamps
• frames
• conserves
• fashions
• reconstructs
• patches
• forges
• fabricates
• molds
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

3

as in overcomes

to defeat by a large margin

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcomes
• buries
• flattens
• bombs
• whips
• overwhelms
• smothers
• throws
• clobbers
• trounces
• thrashes
• upsets
• beats
• destroys
• masters
• routs
• dusts
• surpasses
• conquers
• blows away
• takes
• wallops
• tops
• pastes
• smokes
• whomps
• drubs
• exceeds
• whups
• succeeds
• whaps
• trims
• tromps
• sweeps
• waxes
• creams
• shellacs
• skins
• whops
• subdues
• scores
• runs rings around
• vanquishes
• eats alive
• beats the pants off
• skunks
• subjugates
• crushes
• wipes the floor with
• dispatches
• snows under
• overpowers
• runs circles around
• surmounts
• wipes the ground with
• transcends
• slaughters
• upends
• outdoes
• outshines
• overthrows
• licks
• outstrips
• bests
• caps
• outdistances
• excels
• eclipses
• wins (against)
• prevails (over)
• finishes
• overmatches
• triumphs (over)
• overbears
• hurdles
• overtops
• worsts
• knocks over
• betters
• knocks off
• flourishes
• edges (out)
• breaks
• outfights
• sinks
• noses out
• aces (out)
• pips
• does in