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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of annihilates

And that’s a lot of energy to shed as a vehicle comes blaring back into Earth’s thick atmosphere, a process that typically annihilates objects returning from space unless they are precisely designed to survive the trip. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Matter is so dominant in our universe that any antimatter typically encounters matter quickly and annihilates. — Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2026

Instead of a withering blast that annihilates you instantly, the real killer would be a highly elevated risk of cancer and degenerative diseases over time. — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026

Dreams blend and bend time; death annihilates it, and Miller’s play is both. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026

Gautier Hamel de Monchenault, CERN director for research and computing, hailed the feat as remarkable, as antimatter is difficult to preserve and annihilates on contact with matter. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026